The US Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of New York has filed charges in what it calls a "$50 million Russian smuggling scheme." An indictment and complaint were unsealed on Monday in federal court after an extensive investigation by the Federal…
Aeroflot
Aeroflot has revealed a significant strategy change, which will be implemented over the coming years. For context, in addition to "mainline" Aeroflot service, the Russian airline has three subsidiaries: Pobeda Airlines is Aeroflot's low cost carrier,…
Virtually all airlines are adjusting service protocols and introducing precautions in light of current circumstances, though some airlines stand out for their policies. Well, Aeroflot has just announced onboard service changes, and they're among the…
In May 2019, Aeroflot had a deadly crash landing with a Sukhoi Superjet 100. The plane was scheduled to operate a flight from Moscow to Murmansk, but after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency. The plane landed back in Moscow 27 minutes after it…
Aeroflot will soon be taking delivery of their first Airbus A350-900. The airline has 15 of these planes on order, all of which will be delivered between 2020 and 2023. Not only is the A350 a joy to fly in general, but what's most exciting here is that…
Aeroflot will soon be taking delivery of their first Airbus A350, as the airline has 15 of these planes on order, which they'll take delivery of between 2020 and 2023. Over the summer I wrote about how Aeroflot was planning on introducing a new business…
Aeroflot is one of the most underrated airlines out there, in my opinion. A lot of people have the impression that they're not good (for all the wrong reasons), while in reality they have an excellent soft product and a modern fleet. Well, it looks like…
While the A350 has been around for a few years now, there are several major airlines taking delivery of their first A350 over the coming months. In many cases the introduction of the A350 also means the introduction of a new premium cabin product. For…
Yesterday evening an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 had a crash landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. What initially looked to some to be a miracle has quickly turned into a massive tragedy. While I'm not going to be providing play-by-play coverage…
Details are still emerging, though videos show the terrifying incident that occurred today on Aeroflot 1492, operated by a Sukhoi Superjet 100. The plane had the registration code RA-89098, and was less than two years old (it was delivered to the airline…
This is an interesting development, and I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Booking Aeroflot with SkyMiles has always been complicated (though possibly not as complicated as visiting the ticket office in Minsk). Aeroflot gives painfully little award…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my fascination with Rossiya Airlines, which operates ex-Transaero 777s on flights between Moscow and Vladivostok. I won't recap everything here, though if you haven't read the previous posts, check them out: -- Swoon:…
In May I wrote about my fascination with S7 Airlines, which is a oneworld airline based in Russia. They're almost like a mini Russian Emirates, in the sense that they use Novosibirsk as a hub to connect people between Asia and Europe. Okay, their 737s…
With increasing tension between the US and Russia, it looks like Aeroflot may soon stop flying to the US. At least that's the threat. Aeroflot is Russia's largest airline, and presently flies to Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Washington DC. They're…
I'm living for Aeroflot lately. Every time I see one of their press releases I'm like: Last week I wrote about how Aeroflot published a press release indicating that they're planning to recover costs from a passenger who disrupted a flight due to “petty…
I'm not sure how I missed this story initially, but thanks to @AirlineFlyer for Tweeting about it, as it's quite something. It's of course frustrating when a passenger causes a disturbance on a flight that leads to a delay. It wastes the time of all…
There are quite a few airports throughout the world that allow you to transit without a visa. As a matter of fact, a vast majority of countries do as long as you remain in the sterile transit area. This works just fine 99% of the time, but it gets tricky…
One of my big focuses of 2016 was reviewing as many new airlines as possible. Given that I've flown most of the world's best first class products, this came primarily in the form of trying more business class products. Furthermore, with so many airlines…
I was immediately impressed upon boarding to find a "proper" business class cabin. Business class on a vast majority of airlines operating within Europe is simply economy with a blocked middle seat, so this was a huge upgrade over that. Aeroflot's 737s…
We arrived from Los Angeles at around 3:10PM, and found ourselves in a long hallway. At the end of the hall you could either turn left towards immigration or right towards international transfers. Since we were connecting to Serbia, we turned right.…
Our flight from Los Angeles to Moscow was departing shortly before 5PM, so we arrived at the airport at around 3PM. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a deserted Tom Bradley International Terminal. The terminal is usually packed around noon and…
My biggest blog goal for the year has been to review as many new premium cabin airline products as possible. While I started off the year with what I thought was an aspirational list at the time, I've found reviewing new airlines to be so fun that I…
My obsession this year has been reviewing new airlines, and it's something I've found to be indescribably enjoyable. We all have weird hobbies, and trying new airlines has become my latest obsession. I've reviewed a lot of new airlines so far this year,…
A couple of weeks back Delta announced some positive changes to the SkyMiles program, including that they've added more partner airlines to their online award search tool. This is great news, given how challenging it can be to ticket SkyMiles awards…
