Rossiya - Russian Airlines
Does anyone know if they give miles on any other airline?
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I don't think they do. You can probably get SU miles on FV-operated flights marketed by SU but that's it
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Originally Posted by apoivre
(Post 10337175)
I don't think they do. You can probably get SU miles on FV-operated flights marketed by SU but that's it
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At least some St. Petersburg - Helsinki flights are codeshare Finnair flights, which should open some OW options.
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Bumping ancient threads is discouraged here for good reason. But there’s precious little information floating around about Rossiya Airlines (FV). For example, didn’t the FV code belong to Pullkovo Aviation at one point.
On my current visit to Russia, I have noticed that Rossiya operate a number of flights from various Russian airports (Samara, Kazan, Ekaterinburg, Ufa, St. Petersburg) to Pardubice (PED) airport in the Czech Republic. At 100km from Prague, this is like a backdoor airport for that city, and sure enough, Ryanair operate a service from PED to London STN. |
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise is predecessor of Rossiya Airlines
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It's slightly more complicated than that. Up until 2006, there were 2 airlines: Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise (based in LED) and the relatively small Rossiya Airline (based in VKO). The latter also served as an airline transporting the government officials. There was a trend about 10 years ago that regional airports should be separated from their base airlines (in order to enhance the competition) and as a result, FV and LED became separate entities. Soon after that Pulkovo and Rossiya merged, forming a combined airline which retained the "Rossiya" trademark and concentrated its operations in LED. A few years later, the government officials division was taken out of Rossiya and the only thing that unites them these days is the livery.
Aeroflot (SU) has been the sole owner of Rossiya (FV) since 2011, along with Aurora (based in VVO, ex Vladavia) and Pobeda (LCC). Up until very recently, FV was a purely LED airline. The reason it operates all over the place these days is that it took over the operations of two other SU subsidies: Donavia (ex: Aeroflot-Don (hence the presence in ROV) and Orenburg Airlines. Finally, FV also launched a base in VKO as a result of Transaero (UN) termination and the resulting excess demand. Back to the topic: Rossiya and Aurora (but not Pobeda) are fully owned by Aeroflot and you can, therefore, earn/spend miles using Skyteam FFPs, as well as use all the perks you are entitled as a Skyteam Elite/ Elite Plus |
Seriously, I can earn Scaryteam miles on Rossiya and Aurora? In my case it would be Flying Blue. That opens up a range of new possibilities. I liked Russia so much I want to go back!
By the way, I very much enjoyed my first Aeroflot flights today! |
Originally Posted by Concerto
(Post 29057109)
Seriously, I can earn Scaryteam miles on Rossiya and Aurora? In my case it would be Flying Blue. That opens up a range of new possibilities. I liked Russia so much I want to go back!
Though I would say Rossiya in economy is a bit worse - seat pitch is much more tight |
Originally Posted by Egor
(Post 29058760)
Rossiya only operates charter flights under it's own flight number (i. e. FV), and you can't earn miles for those. All regular operations are under SU flight number and those are SkyTeam flights
Though I would say Rossiya in economy is a bit worse - seat pitch is much more tight PS: Good to see another LED based Flyertalker :D |
Originally Posted by Egor
(Post 29058760)
Though I would say Rossiya in economy is a bit worse - seat pitch is much more tight
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Originally Posted by RabbitIYH
(Post 29059884)
And that weird cookie thing they seem to always give you is honestly the worst thing I've ever eaten on an airplane.
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Originally Posted by Egor
(Post 29058760)
Rossiya only operates charter flights under it's own flight number (i. e. FV), and you can't earn miles for those. All regular operations are under SU flight number and those are SkyTeam flights
Though I would say Rossiya in economy is a bit worse - seat pitch is much more tight |
Originally Posted by RabbitIYH
(Post 29059884)
And that weird cookie thing they seem to always give you is honestly the worst thing I've ever eaten on an airplane.
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I have received Flying Blue miles and XP for flights between CDG and LED that were marketed by Aeroflot with an SU flight number, but operated by Rossiya. However, when my son took the same flights they refused to give him Flying Blue miles and XP.
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