Aeroflot is the largest airline in Russia. Aeroflot's air fleet operates flights both within our country and to other countries.
History of the enterprise
Aeroflot was founded a long time ago, back in 1923. From the very beginning to the present day, the company belongs to the state. From 1938 until 1991 Aeroflot's fleet was the largest in the world. Since 1991, the state has owned only 51% of the shares of Aeroflot, the rest of the shares are in private hands.
Since 1989, the airline has been a member of the International Air Transport Association, or, as it is otherwise called, IATA. In order to compete with the world's largest airlines, in 2000 the company's directors decided to rebrand. The fleet of Aeroflot airline appeared before the passengers in a new image only three years later, in 2003. Not only the shape of the crew has changed, but also the coloring of the air transport. Despite the rebranding, the hammer and sickle are still the company's official symbols.
Since 2006, the company has been a member of the aviationSkyTeam alliance.
The main office of Aeroflot is located on the Arbat. Subsidiaries of the enterprise are located in different cities of Russia. Among the subsidiaries are Donavia, Aurora, Pobeda, Orenbursk Airlines, Rossiya.
In 2014, for the third time in its existence, Aeroflot 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 cities are within Russia, 8 are in the CIS countries, 1 is in Africa, 5 are in the countries of the American continent, 4 are in the countries of the Middle East, 45 are in Europe, 13 are in the Asian direction.
Among destinations: Belarus, Bulgaria, Austria, Armenia, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Thailand, Syria, USA, Netherlands, Japan. Also Greece, Iran, Egypt, UAE, Mongolia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Canada, Italy, France and many more.
Company Policy
During check-in, staff checks passengers' luggage and hand luggage. 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. Carried baggage (each box or suitcase) in the sum of three dimensions should not exceed 1.58 m, and hand luggage 1.15 m.
Business class free baggage allowance is two pieces, each bag must not weigh more than32 kg. You can carry one bag weighing 15 kg in hand luggage.
Comfort class also provides two free places for personal items of luggage. The weight of each unit of transported cargo must not exceed 23 kg. Hand luggage is calculated from the size of 10 kg per person, one bag.
Premium Economy Class allows the same baggage allowance as Comfort Class.
For other economy class passengers, 1 piece of baggage weighing no more than 23 kg and 1 bag of hand luggage weighing no more than 10 kg is allowed.
If the total weight of baggage carried by a passenger, including carry-on baggage, does not exceed 10 kg, then the number of baggage pieces may be large.
Aeroflot fleet
The aircraft involved in the flights are what Aeroflot is proud of. Their aircraft fleet is modern, young and growing rapidly year by year. Now the fleet consists of 189 aircraft, most of which are 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, Airbus airliners are more often used.
Boeing aircraft outperform other aircraft in range and capacity. They serve Comfort class flights operated by Aeroflot.
The fleet of aircraft at the beginning of 2017 consists of 35 airlinersBoeing 777 and 737, 124 Airbus A330, A320, A321 and 30 SuperJet 100 aircraft.
History of the Aeroflot fleet
During the Soviet Union, almost all of the company's aircraft were manufactured in the USSR. All civilian flights and even some military flights were operated by the country's largest airline.
In the 40-50s, Li-2 was used to transport passengers. This aircraft has been produced in the USSR since 1939.
In 1947, the Il-12 and Il-14 were gradually put into operation. An-2 biplanes were also used. This aircraft model was used by Aeroflot for passenger and cargo transportation until the 80s.
From the mid-50s Tu-104, Tu-114 flew. In 1962, the Tu-124 was put into operation, and in 1967, the Tu-134.
Tu-134 aircraft 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 DC-10 cargo aircraft to its fleet. Now more than half of the airline's fleet is produced by foreign companies.
All used liners were purchased after 1994 in the Aeroflot fleet. The age of the planes making flights, in most cases, does not exceed 20 years.
Accidents and scandals
Since the 50s, Aeroflot has recorded 127 different accidents and crashes, resulting in 6895 deathsman.
In 1994, an Airbus A310 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 seat. While the young man sat in his father's seat and "steered", the autopilot somehow turned off. 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 in Turin, Italy, an An-124 Ruslan plane crashed, which Aeroflot had rented from another company. For some reason, the plane hit one of the houses in the village with its wheels and crashed on a farm 5 km from the airport. In that accident, 5 people died and 11 were injured. The company from which Aeroflot then rented the An-124 is still trying to sue compensation for the crashed aircraft.
