Transaero Airlines launched low cost flights from Moscow

Published on : Saturday, January 18, 2014

From January 14, 2014, Transaero Airlines launched low-cost flights from Moscow Domodedovo airport on a number of domestic and international routes including those to London, Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Tel Aviv, Vilnius, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Stavropol, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk, Kiev, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Astana, Almaty, Karaganda, 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.
The clients highly appreciated the new product as the load factor on such routes as to Yekaterinburg, Kaliningrad, Karaganda, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Novy Urengoy, Samara and Ufa was nearly 100%. The load factor on other routes was very high as well.
All seats on specified flights are sold according to Discount Class rules. The ticket fares include in accordance to the Federal Aviation Rules of the Russian Federation free drinks and food or meals depending on flight length. Passengers 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 for these flights.
Members of Transaero Privilege frequent flyer programme may earn points for Discount Class flights at a 50% rate. They can also get reward tickets for these flights.
Passengers acquiring a ticket at Y tariff will be seated in the business class cabin and have free luggage allowance of up to 20 kg.