S7 Airlines and the Oneworld alliance are suspending their relationship.
S7 Airlines issued this short statement:
โDue to the restriction of international flights, the business interaction between S7 Airlines and the Oneworld alliance has been significantly reduced,โ
โIn this situation, S7 Airlines and Oneworld made a joint decision from April 19, 2022 to suspend the agreement.โ
S7 Airlines becomes the second Russian carrier to cancel all international flights effective today.
Like Aeroflot, they are afraid their leased aircraft will be seized overseas and the crews will be stranded.
American Airlines has suspended its interline agreements with Aeroflot Russian Airlines and S7 Airlines.
S7 Group (S7 Airlines) has decided on a name for its new low-cost subsidiary.
Citrus will be launched in July 2022 with a fleet of Airbus A320neo aircraft in central Russia.
Initially four aircraft will be used to start operations.
Previously S7 Airlines made this announcement:
S7ย Group, the largest private aviation holding inย Russia, has announced its plans toย create aย new airline that will operate according toย the classic low-cost airline model. The ticket sale will begin inย the spring ofย 2022, and the first flights are scheduled for July 2022.
Photo: S7’s Airbus A320neo cabin.
The airlineโs fleet will consist entirely ofย new comfortable Airbus A320neo aircraft. Aย preliminary agreement onย the delivery ofย the first four liners has already been signed. Inย the first three years, the airline plans toย increase its fleet byย 6-8 aircraft annually. Itย isย estimated that inย 2024 the low-cost airlineโs fleet will have more than 20 aircraft.
The route network ofย the new airline will focus primarily onย direct cross-regional routes inย central Russia.
โThe creation ofย aย new airline isย aย logical and consistent step forย us. Weย see great potential inย the cross-regional transportation segment which weย cannot cover within the current S7ย Airlines business model. But aย carrier operating according toย the low-cost business model can take this market share. Ifย weย look atย the international experience, weย can see that the route network ofย the European low-cost airlines isย distributed between regions. Inย the Russian market, low-cost air transportation isย available mainly inย Moscow andย St. Petersburg. The Ministry ofย Transport ofย the Russian Federation also highlighted the necessity toย create another low-cost airline inย central Russia inย order toย improve the accessibility ofย the regions, โ says Tatyana Fileva, aย S7ย Group shareholder.
โThe Ministry ofย Transport supports the consistent development ofย the domestic low-cost transportation system. Creating aย new low-cost airline will greatly satisfy the populationโs demand for low-cost flights inย Russia. This task isย implemented according toย the instruction byย the President ofย the Russian Federation aimed toย increase the populationโs mobility, โ noted Vitaly Savelyev, the Minister ofย Transport ofย the Russian Federation.
The new low-cost carrier will operate flights on routes that bypass Moscow and Moscow region. This task was set by the President of the Russian Federation in the Decree No. 204 “On National Goals and Strategic Objectives for the Development of the Russian Federation until 2024” dated May 7, 2018. This will allow increasing the volume of regional air transportation as well as help passengers save time and money on flights between the federal subjects of Russia.
Atย the moment, the new airlineโs team isย being formed. Among others, itย will include professionals from other S7ย Group companies who have extensive work experience and will beย able toย successfully apply itย inย the new project.
According toย current estimates, the passenger flow ofย the new airline will amount toย approximately 1 million passengers inย the first year ofย its operation, and starting from 2024, itย isย expected toย reach 6-7 million passengers.
S7 Airlines aircraft slide show:
From Tass:
Aeroflot, S7 received permits for flights to Germany – Russia – TASS
In other news, on June 1, 2021, Aeroflotโs international hub at Krasnoyarsk D.A. Hvorostovsky International Airport opened.
On June 1, 2021, Aeroflot launched regular flights program to Russian cities from Krasnoyarsk. SU 2878 service from Krasnoyarsk to Blagoveshchensk was the inaugural flight of the program.
Initially, the schedule of direct flights from Krasnoyarsk will include five destinations: Krasnodar, Simferopol, Blagoveshchensk, Sochi, Irkutsk.
New domestic and international destinations will later be added to the airlineโs route network.
More than 100,000 Aeroflot passengers are expected to use the hub in the summer season. Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be based at Krasnoyarsk Airport. Krasnoyarsk airportโs terminal complex is designed to serve 1300 departing passengers per hour.
Top Copyright Photo: Aeroflot Russian Airlines Boeing 737-800 WL VQ-BHR (msn 41230) LHR (SPA). Image: 947987.
Aeroflot aircraft slide show:
S7 Airlines will operate weekly flights from Moscow to Casablanca (Morocco). Flights will begin operating on April 30, 2021.
From May 9, flights will beย operated onย Sundays. Departure from Domodedovo airport isย atย 12:10 p.m., arrival atย Casablanca airport isย atย 03:20 p.m. local time. The return flight departs atย 05:20 p.m. and lands inย Moscow atย 01:10 the nextย day.
The flights will beย operated onย modern comfortable Boeing 737-800 airliners designed toย carry 168 passengers inย economy class and 8 travelers inย business class cabins.
S7 Airlines has also started selling tickets for weekly flights from Moscow to the cities of Italy (Bologna), Greece (Iraklion), Germany (Hanover, Cologne), Ireland (Dublin), and Bulgaria (Varna). These flights will be open to those passengers who are allowed to fly under the current restrictions.
The flights are scheduled asย follows:
S7ย Airlinesย (aย brand ofย Siberia Airlines, http://www.s7.ru) isย aย member ofย theย oneworldยฎย global aviation alliance.
Top Copyright Photo: S7 Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 VQ-BGW (msn 43302) BFI (Joe G. Walker). Image: 943925.
S7 Airlines aircraft slide show:
GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services) has announced an agreement with S7 Airlines ย for two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft. S7 Cargo, general agent for cargo operations sales of S7 Group, will manage freight services.
S7โs air freight program currently utilizes belly capacity on passenger planes and these narrowbody freighters will mark the inauguration of dedicated air freighters for the Russian-based operator.
GECAS, Boeingโs launch customer for the type, expects the freighters to deliver in November 2020 and January 2021. The aircraft will fly medium and short-haul routes for S7.
โThe delivery of our first freighters is a significant milestone in S7 Airlinesโ cargo operations. The additional capacity will be used on routes with strong demand and limited capacity of baggage compartments of passenger aircraft. S7 Airlinesโ wide route map, our partnership with leading logistics companies and well-developed agent network enable us to carry payload and mail in relatively short time and provide efficient aircraft lading. Thanks to the new freighters, we expect to increase total volume of carried payload and mail by 30%โ, said Ilya Yaroslavtsev, CEO of S7 Cargo.
While extending the useful life of the passenger 737-800NG, the 737-800BCF carries more payload โ up to 23.9 tonnes (52,800 lbs) โ and has longer range โ 2,000 nmi (3,750 km) than other standard-body freighters. The 737-800BCF freighter also offers operators newer technology, lower fuel consumption and better reliability than standard-body freighters. It primarily will be used to carry express cargo on domestic / short haul routes.
S7 Airlines has issued this statement (translated from Russian):
Siberia is the birthplace of our airline. We cannot remain aloof from the environmental situation in the region. Forest fires in Siberia have already spread over more than 3 million hectares.
We temporarily return our historical name – โSiberia Airlinesโ and launch an initiative to replenish forests in Siberia.
Our goal is to raise funds for planting 1,000,000 trees. We will return to the S7 Airlines brand only after the required amount has been collected.
All images by the airline.
SMBC Aviation Capital has announced the delivery of one Airbus A320neo aircraft (msn 8852) equipped with two Pratt&Whitney PW1127G-JM engines to S7 Airlines.
The aircraft and associated engines were delivered while located at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany.
This is the first A320neo aircraft to be delivered to S7 Airlines from an eight aircraft deal.
The second delivery is scheduled for August 2019 while the rest of the aircraft are scheduled for delivery through 2020.
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