The national air carrier of Russia - Aeroflot airline - is the most famous in the entire post-Soviet space. The assignee of the airlines of the Soviet Union, the leading Russian airline, which accounts for the vast majority of flights. Where does Aeroflot fly? Almost all over the world! As befits one of the largest European air carriers.
Affiliated companies
The main Russian carrier is a very large and reputable company. Aeroflot is considered abroad the best Russian air carrier, and also has some prestigious awards. The company has long been famous for reliability, quality and comfort in flight, the level of service and attitude towards passengers. We can say that each flight will be comfortable, although exceptions do occur, but rarely.
Most of the company's stake is owned by the state, so Aeroflot can be safely called a state carrier, but the situation with subsidiaries is quite different. Where Aeroflot flies less often, its daughters fly there, often acting as independent companies. A huge plus of such carriers is the cost of space on board the aircraft. Most often these are low-cost airlines or charters.
The former are famous for uncomfortable places, not the newest ships, but at the same time affordable to almost everyone. Today, many economy class tickets are cheaper than train tickets! The latter do not have a permanent schedule and are pleased with unexpected discounts on comfort class seats.
In total, Aeroflot has three such subsidiaries. Namely, airlines such as Pobeda, Aurora and Russia.
Surprise in not popular destinations
On unpopular destinations, passengers often run into problems. The most frequent of them is the change of Aeroflot flight to a subsidiary carrier flight. This happens especially often when booking tickets online. The details of the order contain the name of the carrier and flight number, but this does not mean that passengers will fly exactly with Aeroflot. Do not worry if, instead of an airplane, in the corporate colors of the national carrier, a board appears in the “Victory” coloring. Legally such manipulations are not a violation. When the main carrier does not have enough ships, it can use subsidiary aircraft.
Main directions
Where does Aeroflot fly? Almost all over the world, and this is true. The planes of this company make regular flights to more than 51 countries. The most popular destinations are flights to the countries of the European Union, the CIS countries and Asia. Popular world-class travel countries have more than one destination for a domestic carrier. Also, countries belonging to the CIS have more than one direction. The scheme is simple - if there is great demand, the company provides direction by air.
Domestic flights
Where does Aeroflot fly domestically? At the moment, flights to this company are operated directly to almost any Russian airport. In some cases, for example, with the Crimean direction, often use the aircraft of subsidiaries. This is due to the congestion of popular tourist destinations.
An interesting feature of domestic flights is airplanes. International flights are carried out on the best aircraft of well-known manufacturers. However, many voyages are made domestically by domestic vessels. No, there are no old Soviet aircraft in the Aeroflot fleet. The Russian Superjets are mainly used, and in the future it is planned to purchase new MS-21s.
Transatlantic flights
Transatlantic flights of Aeroflot operate in 5 directions. And 4 of them are committed in the United States to cities such as Washington, New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Flights in the fifth direction are made to Cuba.
A few years ago there were more transatlantic destinations. Some flights were made to Canada. Currently, Aeroflot aircraft do not fly to this country.
Transcontinental flights
Transcontinental flights of Aeroflot are more popular. In total, the airline operates flights to 12 transcontinental destinations. Flights are made to such famous and interesting cities as Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and even Ulaanbaatar.
It is interesting that formally, domestic flights can also be called transcontinental. Especially long flights - such as Moscow-Vladivostok or Moscow-Norilsk. Flights to some of these destinations are longer than the transatlantic ones.
New directions of Aeroflot
It is known that only demand leads to the appearance of supply. New directions depend on demand. Directions within the country appear as new airport complexes are put into operation. International flights are carried out only to those countries with which the airline has an agreement. The inclusion of new countries in the route network (for the most part) depends not only on the carrier.