Pobeda issued this statement:

Starting on October 12, 2018, the new route will connect Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg with London’s fastest growing airport, London (Stansted), four-times a week using one of the airline’s Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft.

The airline, founded in 2014, currently has a fleet of 22 aircraft with a further two Boeing 737-800 on order.

Pobeda has served nearly five million passengers in 2017 across 85 destinations in Europe, Russia and beyond.

Pobeda Airlines is part of the Aeroflot Group.

Top Copyright Photo (all others by Pobeda): Pobeda Boeing 737-800 SSWL VP-BPL (msn 61789) CGN (Rainer Bexten). Image: 943712.

Pobeda aircraft slide show:

Route Maps (in Russia):