Aeroflot is the largest airline in Russia. Aeroflot's air fleet operates flights both within our country and to other countries.
Company History
Aeroflot was founded a very long time ago, back in 1923. From the very beginning to the present day, the company belongs to the state. From 1938 to 1991, Aeroflot's fleet was the largest in the world. Since 1991, the state has owned only 51% of Aeroflot, the remaining shares are in private hands.
Since 1989, the airline is part of the international air transport association , or, as it is also called, IATA. In order to compete with the world's largest airlines, in 2000 the directors of the company decided to rebrand. Aeroflot fleet appeared in front of passengers in a new image only three years later, in 2003. Not only the form of the crew has changed, but also the coloring of the air transport. Despite the rebranding, the sickle and hammer are still official symbols of the company.
Since 2006, the company has been a member of the SkyTeam Aviation Alliance.
The main office of Aeroflot is located on Arbat. Subsidiaries of the enterprise are located in different cities of Russia. Among the subsidiaries are Donavia, Aurora, Pobeda, Orenburg Airlines, Russia.
In 2014, Aeroflot for the third time in its existence was recognized as the best airline in all of Eastern Europe.
Flight directions
The company operates flights to 51 countries of the world, to 125 different destinations.
Of these, 43 are cities within Russia, 8 in the CIS countries, 1 in Africa, 5 in the countries of the American continent, 4 in the Middle East, 45 in Europe, 13 in the Asian direction.
Among the destinations: Belarus, Bulgaria, Austria, Armenia, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Thailand, Syria, USA, Netherlands, Japan. Also Greece, Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Canada, Italy, France and many others.
Company policy
At the time of check-in, staff will check passenger baggage and cabin baggage. The amount of baggage that can be carried free of charge depends on the final purpose of the flight and the class of the ticket. The transported luggage (each box or suitcase) should not exceed 1.58 m in the sum of three dimensions, and hand luggage 1.15 m.
In the business class, two pieces of baggage are allowed, each bag should not weigh more than 32 kg. You can carry one bag weighing 15 kg in hand luggage.
In the Comfort class, two places for personal items of luggage are also allocated free of charge. The weight of each unit of transported cargo should not exceed 23 kg. Hand luggage is calculated from the size of 10 kg per person, one bag.
In the economy class "Premium" it is allowed to carry the same baggage as in the class "Comfort".
For other economy class passengers, 1 piece of baggage weighing no more than 23 kg and 1 carry-on bag of no more than 10 kg are allowed.
If the total weight of baggage carried by a passenger, taking into account hand luggage, does not exceed 10 kg, then the number of pieces of baggage can be large.
Aeroflot Fleet
Aircraft involved in flights are what Aeroflot is proud of. Their fleet is modern, young and growing rapidly from year to year. Now the fleet consists of 189 airliners, most of which are the A320, A330, SuperJet 100 models. Contracts have been signed for the purchase of 22 Boeing B787 aircraft and 22 Airbus A350 aircraft .
Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft are Russian aircraft used for domestic flights. For international flights, they often use Airbus airliners.
Boeing aircraft outperform other aircraft models in terms of flight range and capacity. They serve Comfort flights operated by Aeroflot Airlines.
The fleet at the beginning of 2017 consists of 35 Boeing 777 and 737 airliners, 124 Airbus A330, A320, A321 airliners and 30 SuperJet 100 aircraft.
Aeroflot Fleet History
During the Soviet Union, almost all of the company's aircraft were manufactured in the USSR. All flights of civil airlines and even some military flights were carried out by the largest airline in the country.
In the 40-50s, Li-2 was used to transport passengers. This aircraft has been manufactured in the USSR since 1939.
In 1947, the IL-12 and IL-14 were gradually launched into operation. Used and biplanes brand An-2. This model of the aircraft was used by Aeroflot for passenger and cargo transportation until the 80s.
Since the mid-50s, Tu-104, Tu-114 flew. In 1962, the Tu-124 was launched, and in 1967 the Tu-134.
Airplanes of the Tu-134 model are still used for flights.
For the first time, the company began using foreign aircraft in 1992. Then Aeroflot acquired an AZ10 aircraft. In 1994, the airline added a number of Boeing, Airbus, and Douglas DS-10 cargo planes to the fleet. Now more than half of the airline fleet is issued by foreign companies.
All used liners were acquired after 1994 in the Aeroflot fleet. The age of aircraft flying in most cases does not exceed 20 years.
Accidents and scandals
Since the 1950s, Aeroflot recorded 127 different accidents and crashes, which killed 6895 people.
In 1994, the Airbus A310 airliner crashed in Siberia, near Mezhdurechensk. This happened due to the fact that the aircraft commander, turning on the autopilot, put his 15 year old son in his place. While the young man was sitting on his father's seat and “steered”, the autopilot somehow disconnected. The plane went into a tailspin and crashed. After this incident, security measures on board the company's aircraft were strengthened.
In 1996, when landing at the airport of Turin in Italy, the An-124 Ruslan plane crashed, which Aeroflot leased from another company. For some reason, the plane hit the wheels of one of the houses in the village and fell on a farm 5 km from the airport. In that accident 5 people died, 11 were injured. The company, from which Aeroflot then leased the An-124, is still trying to sue compensation for the crashed plane.