Transaero Airlines (Moscow) will soon introduce a new look with the delivery of this newly built Boeing 737-800.
Copyright Photo: Steve Bailey/AirlinersGallery.com. The pictured Boeing 737-8MC N1782B (msn 44435) first flew on March 25. The new airliner will be delivered as EI-RUR.
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) has announced it will start the Moscow (Vnukovo) – Prague route.ย On March 29, 2015 Transaero will launch, for the first time in its history, scheduled services on the Moscow-Prague route.
The daily flights UN 359/360 will be operated from Moscow Vnukovo airport, Terminal A, according to the following schedule (local time):
Departure from Moscow at 12.00, arriving in Prague at 14.00.
Departure from Prague at 15.00, arriving in Moscow at 18.50.
This route will be operated with Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
The company also announced it will launch new flights to India on February 5 with twice-weeklyย Moscow (Vnukovo) โ Delhi service. This new route will be operated with Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.
Finally, on March 30, 2015, Transaero Airlines will launch for the first time in its history scheduled flights on the Moscow – Komsomolsk-on-Amur route.
The flights UN 2349/2350 will be operated from Moscow Domodedovo airport twice weekly.ย Transaero will increase the flight frequency on this route up to four times per week starting on May 23, 2015.ย Transaero will use on this route Tu-214 aircraft, configured with business and economy class cabins.
Transaero launched its flights to Khabarovsk Krai in July 2007. The airline has carried nearly 1.5 million passenger on the Moscow-Khabarovsk route since the launch of the service.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-7Q8 EI-EUW (msn 29360) approaches the runway at London (Heathrow).
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) denied media reports before Christmas that it might have been forced to suspend operations due to the decline in the Russian ruble. Instead the second largest Russian carrier asked the government and state banks for financial help. The airline will now receive a 9 billion ruble ($164 million) credit guarantee according to Travel Weekly. The airline, as part of the deal, promised to freeze ticket prices and will increase operations.
The airline issued this statement:
Transaero Airlines expresses its utmost gratitude to the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation, the Federal Air Transport Agency and State Corporation “Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)” for the provided support.
Transaero Airlines expresses its special gratitude to JSC VTB Bank.
The Government has made a decision to support the backbone company providing transport services in the dramatically changing macroeconomic conditions, while the Bank assigns the necessary credit funds.
Transaero, for its part, entirely supports the price freeze principle, and it will not increase airfares on its domestic services in 2015. In addition to this, it will reduce airfares by 5-7% on the domestic routes, which are exclusively served by Transaero Airlines.
In November 2014, taking into consideration the recommendations developed for the airline by the multinational management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, Transaero started to implement a comprehensive set of measures aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency in the changing business environment. It is expected that the key measures will be implemented within three-six months.
In 2015, Transaero Airlines will continue to focus on enhancing the reliability and accessibility of air transport for the Russian residents. The particular attention will be given to the flights to the Southern resorts of the Russian Federation (Transaero will increase its passenger capacity on those routes), as well as to air services to the Russiaโs Far East from Moscow and St Petersburg. The airline will continue to strengthen its cooperation with its long-term partners – the largest Russian travel operators, first of all, on the tourism programmes to the destinations in the South of Russia.
Transaero Airlines expresses its sincere gratitude to all its passengers, as well as partners, banks, leasing companies, airports, fuel companies and suppliers.
Transaero Airlines has been developing, operating and, inter alia, overcoming the challenging times along with its country for 23 years. This term provides the grounds to be certain that Transaero will successfully overcome the difficulties of this stage caused by external factors.
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Aigle Azur (2nd) (Paris-Orly) is dropping the Paris (Orly)-Moscow (Vnukovo) route on October 26 per Airline Route. The route was an important connecting route with partner Transaero Airlines (Moscow) (see map below).
Since July 2012, Aigle Azur has been serving the Paris (Orly)-Moscow (Vnukovo) route in partnership with Transaero Airlines.
Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 F-HBIB (msn 3289) touches down at EuroAirport serving the Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg area.
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The Ukrainian government (Kiev) is taking countermeasures after Russia banned Ukrainian airlines from flying over Russian airspace, severely impacting Ukrainian International Airlines (Kiev) as previously reported.
According to the Moscow Times, “Ukraine demanded that Russian airlines Aeroflot Russian Airlines (Moscow) and Transaero Airlines (Moscow) obtain permission for every flight they make over its territory, because these airlines fly over Crimean airspace which Ukraine considers to be closed.”
The new airspace rule became effective on August 14.
European airlines could face additional airspace restrictions by Russia on trans-Siberian routes following sanctions by the European Union of Russian due to its on-going interference in the Ukraine. If this “airspace war” continues to escalate, airlines like Finnair (Helsinki) could be severely impacted as previously reported.
Ironically Russia and the Ukraine were former members of the old Soviet Union.
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In other news, Transaero is planning to introduce a weekly St. Petersburg-Vienna route (flown with Boeing 737-300s) starting on October 31.
Copyright Photo: Paul Denton/AirlinersGallery.com. Aeroflot’s Boeing 737-8LJ VP-BRF (msn 41195) completes its final approach to Dubai International Airport (DXB).
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) has turned again to Airbus to expand and modernize its fleet. The second largest Russian carrier has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Airbus for 20 A330 aircraft (8 A330ceo and 12 A330neo). This agreement makes Transaero an important launch customer and the first European airline to commit to the A330neo. The A330s will allow Transaero to continue the massive fleet modernization program and to boost its medium and long-haul domestic and international network.
Transaero Airlines launched services in November 1991, and currently serves more than 200 routes all over the world. Transaero will begin operating its first Airbus aircraft (A321) in 2015. In 2011 Transaero Airlines signed a contact with Airbus for eight A320neo and in 2012 became the first Russian customer for the A380, ordering four aircraft, the first of which will enter into service at the end of 2015.
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) will start scheduled nonstop flights between Moscow and Taipei on July 2, 2014.
The UN 505/506 weekly flight will be operated from Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, onboard Boeing 767-300 aircraft according to the following schedule (all times local):
Departure from Moscow depart on Wednesdays at 15.00, arrival in Taipei is at 06.50 the next day. Departure from Taipei depart on Thursdays at 09.40, arrival in Moscow is at 17.30.
Transaero Airlines flew its maiden charter flight from Moscow to Taipei in 2002.
Transaero is the only carrier to fly nonstop flights on the Moscow-Taipei route.
Transaero Airlines launched its flights in 1991. Transaero is the Russia’s second largest carrier. In 2013 the airline carried 12.5 million passengers. It ranks among the top 30 airlines in the world in terms of passenger turnover.
Currently, Transaero operates the fleet of 99 aircraft including 20 Boeing 747, 14 Boeing 777, 16 Boeing 767, 44 Boeing 737, three ะขu-214, two ะขu-204-100ะก. The airline is the largest operator of widebody aircraft fleet in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. Transaero is the launch customer in Russia of the most modern aircraft such as ะirbus ะ380, Boeing 747-8I and ะirbus ะ320 neo.
The network of the airline includes more than 200 routes in Russia, Europe, Asia, Americas and Africa.
Copyright Photo: Richard Vandervord/AirlinersGallery.com. A dramatic takeoff view of Transaero’s Boeing 767-3Q8 ER EI-DBF (msn 24745) at Phuket, Thailand.
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) has completed the interior design of its Airbus A380s, which will join the airline’s fleet in 2015. Each of the airline’s four aircraft will be able to accommodate 652 passengers, will be configured in three classes of service – Imperial (First), Business and Economy, providing the highest level of comfort for passengers.
According to the airline, “Imperial class is a unique Transaero Airlines product. The A380 aircraft will feature 12 closed suites with luxury seats, which extend into full-flat beds. Separation from neighboring seats will be possible using retracting blinds, which will ensure privacy and comfort in each personal area. The seats in Imperial class will be the largest in their class and will be upholstered with fabric glittering with shades of gold. The Imperial class cabin will be located in the front of the aircraft on the lower deck and will feature 1-2-1 seat configuration.”
Transaero’s A380 Business class will accommodate 24 cocoon style seats, upholstered with high quality fabric, which may be easily transformed into 180-degree flat beds. The Business class cabin will be located in the front of the aircraft on the upper deck in 1-2-1 configuration.
The Imperial and Business class cabins will be fitted with mood lighting creating an ambience for passengers by changing color during different stages of the flight.
The spaciousness of the double-decker allows the carrier to locate bars in Imperial and Business class. Transaero, in line with its existing services, has planned special cloakrooms for passengers in these classes.
Economy class will accommodate 616 seats and will be located on the lower as well as on the upper deck. The seats in this class will be upholstered with high quality leather featuring 3D effect. The seat pitch in Economy class will be 31-32 inches complying with the airlines’ global standards. The seats will be configured in 3-4-3 rows on the lower deck and in 2-4-2 rows on the upper deck.
Transaero Airlines ะ380s will be fitted with the most advanced high-speed in-flight Internet access system ensuring up to 12 Mb/sec data speeds for each passenger. It will also feature the advanced entertainment system Panasonic eX3.
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) following up on our previous report,ย onย January 14, 2014, started to offer a new low-cost product called Discount Class.
Discount class is offered on certain Transaero flights from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on a number of popular domestic and international routes including those toย London,ย Berlin,ย Vienna,ย Barcelona,ย Rome,Milan,ย Tel Aviv,ย Vilnius, Yekaterinburg, Kazan,ย Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don,ย Samara,ย Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Stavropol, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk,ย Kiev, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk,ย Odessa, Astana,ย Almaty, Karaganda,ย Yerevan, Antalya.
During the first day of the service launch, the airline carried about 5,000 passengers on 54 Discount Class flights on Boeing 737 and Tu-214 aircraft (above).
All seats on specified flights are sold according to Discount Class rules. The ticket fares include, in accordance with the Russian Federal Aviation Rules, free drinks and food or meals depending on flight length. Passengers are also offered a choice of newspapers and an opportunity to buy duty-free goods onboard. However, Discount Class passengers won’t be able to order special meals. Passengers on these flights can carry 10, 15 or 20 kilos of luggage, depending on tariff of the purchased ticket.
Members of the Transaero Privilege frequent flyer program may earn points travelling in Discount Class at a 50% rate. They can also get reward tickets for these flights.
The new product by Transaero Airlines guarantees a reasonable balance of comfort and affordable ticket prices.
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best/AirlinersGallery.com. Tupolev Tu-214 RA-64518 (man 42305018) arrives in London (Heathrow).
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Transaero Airlines (Moscow) will offer a new low cost product called Discount Class.
Starting on January 14, 2014 Transaero will offerย Discount Class of travel on its flights from Moscow Domodedovo airport to aย number of popular destinations including those to Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna,ย Vilnius, Milan, Rome, Tel Aviv, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar,ย Mineralnye Vody, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saintย Petersburg, Sochi, Stavropol, Tomsk, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk, Kiev, Donetsk,ย Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Astana, Almaty, Karaganda and Yerevan.
Transaero will operateย Boeing 737-300/400/500 aircraft on the mentioned routes.
Discount Class ticketsย will include from 10 to 20 kg free luggage allowance, the amount of luggageย allowance will depend on the ticket fare.
The low cost servicesย in Discount Class will be provided in accordance with the Federal Aviation Rulesย of the Russian Federation and will include free onboard meals and drinks which willย vary depending on the flight duration (the maximal duration is up to four andย half hours). In particular, on all Discount Class flights all passengers willย be served refreshing drinks, tea and coffee. On flights lasting no longer thanย two hours passengers will be served sweet snacks in addition to drinks. On flightsย operating up to four hours passengers will be served cold meals. On flightsย with duration longer than four hours passengers will be able to choose amongย two options of hot meals.
As the airlineย will operate aircraft in standard two-class configuration, passengers withย Discount Class tickets purchased at highest available airfare can enjoy airย travel in the Business Class cabin or in the Economy Class cabin with a vacantย seat next to his/her seat. They also will be invited to purchase a ticket toย the airlineโs business lounge at Domodedovo airport at discounted fare.
Discount Classย ticket refunds will be made in accordance with the norms and rules set in theย Air Code of the Russian Federation.
Discount Class passengersย will be offered a choice of free newspapers. The airline will also offer forย sale duty free goods on its international flights.
The new productย by Transaero Airlines will guarantee the reasonable balance of comfort andย affordable ticket prices.
Apart fromย Discount Class flights Transaero Airlines will continue offering full serviceย on all of its flights operated from Moscow Vnukovo Airport including Imperial,ย Business, Premium, Economy and Tourist classes of service.
Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf/AirlinersGallery.com.ย Transaero Airlines Boeing 737-4Y0 EI-DDY (msn 24904) taxies at Salzburg.
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