Aeroflot received 4 new Airbus A321

The airliners are designed in a new enhanced two class composition with 16 seats in business and 167 in economy. All A321 aircraft family are delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturing plant in Hamburg. Aeroflot operates А321 aircraft across its European and domestic routes network.

Aeroflot has taken delivery of four new A321s equipped with aerodynamic wing-tips known as Sharklets.

All A321 aircraft are named in honour of outstanding Russian people who contributed a lot to artistic, cultural and scientific development. 

VP-BAE bears the name of Sergei Bondarchuk, a Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. 

VP-BKI has been named Dmitry Ryabushinsky, a Russian scientist specialising in hydro and aero dynamics.

The other two VP-BJX and VP-BEW got the names of famous writers Ivan Goncharov and Mikhail Zoshchenko respectively.

The airliners are designed in a new enhanced two class composition with 16 seats in business and 167 in economy. All A321 aircraft family are delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturing plant in Hamburg. Aeroflot operates А321 aircraft across its European and domestic routes network. 

A321 airplanes satisfy the highest reliability, safety and comfort standards and are considered among the best for mid-range flights.

Brand new B737-800 M.Vrubel joins Aeroflot fleet
Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new B737-800 aircraft made by Boeing. The plane is named in honour of Mikhail Vrubel, an outstanding Russian painter.

Aeroflot’s Boeing 737-800 has two-class composition with 20 seats in business class and 138 seats in economy class. The Business class salon is equipped with monitors for viewing media content. All Boeing B737-800 aircraft are delivered to Aeroflot directly from the manufacturer. Boeing 737 is one of the world’s most popular single-aisle jet airliners providing high level of comfort on medium-haul routes.

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Ξανά άρχισαν οι πτήσεις μεταξύ Ρωσίας και Τουρκίας

Η Ρωσία ήρε σήμερα την απαγόρευση που είχε επιβάλει στους Ρώσους πολίτες να μεταβαίνουν αεροπορικώς στην Τουρκία μετά την απόπειρα πραξικοπήματος που εκδηλώθηκε την περασμένη Παρασκευή και η εταιρία Aeroflot ανακοίνωσε αμέσως την επανάληψη των πτήσεών της.

«Από τις 22 Ιουλίου, όλες οι τακτικές πτήσεις προς την Τουρκία από τη ρωσική επικράτεια αποκαθίστανται», ανέφερε το υπουργείο Μεταφορών σε ανακοίνωση που δημοσιοποίησε τη νύχτα της Πέμπτης.

Η απόφαση ανακοινώθηκε αφού οι τουρκικές αρχές διαβεβαίωσαν «πως έχουν ληφθεί μέτρα προκειμένου να διασφαλιστεί η ασφάλεια των Ρώσων πολιτών», που ταξιδεύουν στη χώρα.

Η ρωσική αεροπορική εταιρία Aeroflot επιβεβαίωσε ότι θα επαναλάβει τις πτήσεις της προς την Τουρκία από τις 00:00 τοπική ώρα (ώρα Ελλάδας) σήμερα.

Στις αρχές Ιουλίου, η Ρωσία είχε άρει τους περιορισμούς που είχε επιβάλει στα οργανωμένα ταξίδια προς την Τουρκία έπειτα από τη συγγνώμη που ζήτησε ο Ερντογάν για την κατάρριψη, πέρυσι, ενός ρωσικού βομβαρδιστικού από την τουρκική Πολεμική Αεροπορία, μια υπόθεση που είχε προκαλέσει σοβαρή διπλωματική κρίση μεταξύ των δύο χωρών.

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Ural Airlines & Aeroflot they stopped selling tickets to Turkey

Ural Airlines and Aeroflot have cancelled the sale of all tickets for flights to Turkey in line with a directive issued by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) this past weekend.

Though Turkish government forces successfully crushed Friday night's attempted coup by segments of the country's military, Russia has upheld the ban on flights stating it will review the status-quo once the political situation has stabilized. Aeroflot is currently operating flights to Turkey but only to carry passengers back to Russia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tightened his grip on power in the wake of the failed putsch with full scale purges currently underway across the Turkish armed forces and civil service. On Wednesday, he declared a state of emergency for three months.

As such, Ural Airlines has suspended sales of its Ekaterinburg-Antalya flights, set to commence on August 7, while Aeroflot has suspended sales of its Moscow Sheremetyevo to Istanbul Atatürk and Antalya flights until further notice.

Russian charter carriers are meanwhile only likely to start flights to Turkey later next month Maya Lomidze, the director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), has said. Clarifying earlier reports that service to Turkey may only resume in 2017, Lomidze said Russian and Turkish officials had agreed that barring any new disturbances in the country, charter flights will resume around mid-August.

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Aeroflot Group reports passenger traffic up 11.5% in January-May | ATWOnline

Russia’s Aeroflot Group carried 15.8 million passengers from January to May, up 11.5% year-over-year (YOY).

Aeroflot Group includes Aeroflot Airline, the low-cost subsidiary Pobeda Airline, Far East subsidiary Aurora Airline, as well as Rossiya Airline, Orenburg-based OrenAir and Rostov-on-Don-based Donavia.

Moscow-based Aeroflot Airline carried 10.9 million out of the total traffic, up 13.6% YOY. Group RPKs grew 13.2% to 35.3 billion and load factor reached 77.4%, up 3 points YOY.

Aeroflot Airlines’ load factor was up 2 points to 77.7% during the period.

In May, the Group carried 3.5 million passengers, up 8.8% year-over-year, while the airline carried 2.4 million, up 12.4%. Domestic traffic for the Group grew 8.5% in May compared to the year-ago period, while international traffic increased 9.2%.

Aeroflot said in a statement it experienced increases in international traffic despite a flight ban to Ukraine, Egypt and a charter flight ban to Turkey.

Aeroflot Group reports passenger traffic up 11.5% in January-May | Data & Financials content from ATWOnline

Aeroflot A320 at Tomsk on Jun 24th 2016, bird strike

An Aeroflot Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BHL performing flight SU-1537 from Tomsk to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 107 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Tomsk's runway 03 when an engine (CFM56) ingested a bird at about 130 feet AGL causing the engine to vibrate. The crew continued the climb but aborted the flight at FL200 and returned to Tomsk for a safe landing on runway 21 about 30 minutes after departure.

West Siberia's Transport Prosecutor's Officer opened an investigation to ensure passenger rights.

A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration VP-BRX reached Moscow with a delay of 11.5 hours.

Incident: Aeroflot A320 at Tomsk on Jun 24th 2016, bird strike

Aeroflot: Safety Database

Operator info
name: Aeroflot Russian International Airlines
country:  Russia
ICAO code: AFL
IATA code: SU
Founded: 1992
renamed Aeroflot Russian Airlines

 Aeroflot Russian International Airlines passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) benchmark for global safety management
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Aeroflot Russian International Airlines- Accident & incidents:

11 occurrences in the ASN safety database

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AEROFLOT Increases Delhi Flights from March 2016 | Airline Route

    

AEROFLOT in 2016 plans to increase operation on Moscow Sheremetyevo – Delhi route, through the introduction of 2nd daily flight, effective 01MAR16.

From 01MAR16, the 2nd daily service will be operated Boeing 737-800. At the start of summer 2016 schedule from 27MAR16, all 2 daily flights will be operated by 737 only.

SU234 SVO1520 – 2315DEL 73H D
SU232 SVO1915 – 0340+1DEL 73H D

SU235 DEL0105 – 0505SVO 73H D
SU233 DEL0455 – 0850SVO 73H D

SU232/233 was previously scheduled to be operated by A330-200 in summer season from 27MAR16, however it has been revised to 737 in this week’s schedule update.

AEROFLOT Increases Delhi Flights from March 2016 | Airline Route

Aeroflot Group clarifies new Rossiya plans - ch-aviation.com

   

The Aeroflot Group has further clarified its plans for a consolidated regional carrier encompassing Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg), Donavia (D9, Rostov), and Orenair (R2, Orenburg) and based on the Rossiya brand, the largest of the three.

Announcing a net profit of RUB1.83 billion (USD27.7 million) for the nine-month period through to September 30, the Russian group said the 'new Rossiya' would operate domestic Russian and some international routes using hubs in St. Petersburg and Moscow Vnukovo. Additional bases will be established around the country. It will also focus on the medium-price segment.

While the three carriers currently serve a total of ninety destinations - forty-eight domestic and forty-two international - new Rossiya will also add some destinations formerly allocated to Transaero Airlines (UN, Moscow Vnukovo) prior to its collapse in October. It is to be recalled that Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) awarded Aeroflot fifty-six out of Transaero's 156 international routes, including those to new markets such as Kazakhstan as well as increased frequencies to congested European and Asian airports.

Concerning fleet plans, new Rossiya will indeed lease some ex-Transaero aircraft although this has now been clarified as twenty-four widebodies including five B777s, five B767s, and fourteen B747-400s. The leases are, however, still subject to confirmation.

As previously reported, the Aeroflot Group is already on track to lease ten ex-Transaero B737-800s and four B747-400s from Sberbank while talks with other lessors concerning twenty more aircraft are said to be ongoing.


Aeroflot Group clarifies new Rossiya plans - ch-aviation.com