Today, several dozen domestic air carriers operate on the territory of the Russian Federation. Many of them are small local transport groups involved in the movement of goods. Only a few independent regional and international companies are engaged in passenger air transportation in our country.
Ours in the air
Unfortunately, every year there are fewer and fewer players in this market. Unaffordable quotas, harsh tariff rates, huge taxes on fuel and the use of airport infrastructure are increasingly crowding out non-government controlled private aviation organizations. Small airlines either go bankrupt or are taken over by larger structures. The latter enter into international alliances and partially lose their independence. Examples of such alliances areSkyTeam, which includes the Aeroflot-Russian Airlines structure, and One World, which includes the S7 organization from Russia, formerly known as Siberia.
Of the regional air carriers, we can note such companies as Chelavia, Yamal or Izhavia. However, most of the route directions in the territory of not only our country, but throughout the world are occupied by our domestic aviation giants. And one of these companies is Transaero.
How to check in for a Transaero flight?
Transaero is a young company with a worldwide reputation. The first flight was made in November 1991, and today the organization offers its customers a range of online booking and ticketing services, as well as services such as electronic check-in. Transaero is one of the few companies that provides the opportunity to activate your ticket thirty hours before the departure of the aircraft. Many of its competitors open the electronic queue only twenty-three to twenty-four hours before departure, and some even less. At the same time, the passenger himself can choose where it is more convenient for him to check in for the Transaero flight. Vnukovo, one of the main airports in the Moscow region, also opens check-in counters for departing flights 30 hours before departure. Moreover, the modern infrastructure of any air gates of the capital offers free Wi-Fi Internet connection, which simplifies the process of registration, allowing you to use your smartphone or tablet.
Online check-in for a Transaero flight
Today, in the age of electronics and cybernetics, a potential client is spoiled and critical when choosing services. The development of online technologies and the almost ubiquitous availability of an Internet connection only exacerbates the modern approach. To the question “how to register for a Transaero flight with maximum convenience”, more than eighty-five percent of the residents of the Moscow region answer directly and unambiguously: “Online”. At the same time, it doesn’t matter where you are: on a cozy sofa at home, in front of the TV, with a tablet in your hands or in the office, in the midst of working days, you find a free minute and go to the carrier’s website from your laptop. You can check in for a Transaero flight at any place convenient for you. The main condition is the availability of an available network connection and the device itself from which you plan to do this. And then - a matter of technology. A couple of mouse clicks, and you can arrive at the airport an hour and a half later and go through customs immediately.
Two hours before departure
Electronic check-in for a Transaero flight allows you to plan your daily routine in advance and save time on pre-flight procedures that are mandatory for passengers upon arrival at the airport. You do not need to waste precious minutes in line at the check-in counter. It is possible to arrive for boarding right before the gates open, given the margin of time for customs clearance and security control. Check in luggageyou can at a special Baggage Drop Off counter (“Baggage drop-off counter for self-check-in for a flight”). If you are traveling without luggage, you can go directly to the customs or security control area. The boarding pass will be in your hands or in the form of a special bar code sent to you by SMS after check-in.
Receipt for itinerary
It is also necessary to pay attention to the fact that check-in for a Transaero flight, as well as for flights of many other airlines, does not require a passenger to have a printed itinerary receipt on paper. It is advisable to have it with you in case of a system failure when issuing a boarding pass or correcting booking errors, but its absence cannot in any way be a reason for refusing to fly. If this situation arises, please contact the airline representative at the airport or, if you cannot find him in an unfamiliar place, the central information desk for advice.
Window or aisle?
The vast majority of air carriers, when issuing a boarding pass online, offer their customers to choose seats that are convenient for them. A similar service is also provided by Transaero Airlines. Check-in for a flight on the Internet involves entering the reservation number and last name. After that, the system will prompt you to decide on the choice of a seat in the cabin. This service is very convenient for those people who, for some reason, want to choose a more comfortable one, with theirpoint of view, the location of the chair. Someone likes to sit at the window and, as they say, from the first row of the stalls to watch the takeoff and landing of a huge car. Someone, on the contrary, prefers to sit at the aisle in order to be able to freely leave the chair, go, for example, to the toilet or take a walk around the cabin, warm up during a long flight. On some flights, it is possible to be the first to take seats with an increased distance between adjacent seats, for example, opposite the emergency exit from the cabin or in the front rows between cabins of different classes of service.
Always and everywhere
Since you can check in for a Transaero flight online not only at the company's home airport, but also at a number of other airports both in the Russian Federation and around the world, this opportunity will be appreciated by frequent traveling lovers of electronic tablets, smartphones and other devices. More than 130 points of departure of the carrier organization offer this service to their customers. By the end of 2014, all domestic and international flights of the airline were connected to the preliminary electronic check-in system for passengers. Check-in for a Transaero charter flight is the same as for any regular flight. You just need to remember that at some airports online check-in ends 5-6 hours before the aircraft's departure. But this should in no way scare you. If you miss the opportunity to register online, you can always do it.at the airport, having previously arrived there at least an hour and a half before the departure time.
Other registration options
Good news for social media lovers. Check-in for a Transaero flight has recently also been possible through the social network Facebook, from your personal page. For passengers with e-tickets, and these are now the vast majority, check-in for a flight using Skype is available. To do this, you must have an installed and working Skype client, access to the Global Web with video communication, as well as the original Russian passport for domestic and foreign - for international flights, in order to demonstrate it during registration.
Let's do it at the airport
For those who did not have time to issue an itinerary receipt via the Internet, the airline provides an opportunity to do this at the airport through specialized self-check-in kiosks. Such counters can be found near the online scoreboard in the departure hall. They are shaped like automatic Internet service payment stations. It is not difficult to distinguish them, as the kiosks are painted, as a rule, in the corporate colors of the airline. The passenger will need to enter their booking details, last name and select a seat from the remaining free seats after online check-in. The same desks allow you to print a boarding pass for a passenger after scanning the bar code from the smartphone screen. This method savestime, avoiding queues at check-in and baggage check-in desks by airline employees. Skip-the-line baggage check-in at the same counter as for passengers who checked in online.
Finally
The time of handwritten air tickets has passed, and with them huge queues at check-in counters have sunk into oblivion. More and more passengers arrive at the airport of departure with a seat already selected. Fewer and fewer people are wondering "how to check in for a flight." Transaero, as well as other airlines in the world, offer their customers a wide range of online services, from booking and check-in to a request to leave feedback on the work of the staff and suggestions for improving the quality of service. All this favorably affects the pricing policy in this market. Fewer personnel are required for passenger service, fewer office and client premises are needed for pre-flight preparation. This leads to a reduction in the price of the flight. After all, the salaries of staff, as well as payment for consumed energy carriers (electricity, heat, water) and rental of premises indirectly affect the final cost of the air carrier's services.
