Transaero Will Cease Operations Any Day

this will be a bit of a blow to the aircraft manufacturers as well. Transaero has placed some pretty big orders over the last few years.

I flew Transaero through VKO earlier this year to TLV on one of the super cheap fares they published from NYC. The planes and service were pretty standard. I was able to choose seats upon check in, and was able to select extra legroom seats (maybe some would call it E+) on most of my flights at no extra charge. The food offerings were plentiful, frequent, and above average, with full services offered from JFK-VKO and from VKO-TLV. When we landed at VKO, I was shocked at how many heavies were just sitting around, not even parked at gates. There were 747s, 767s, and 777s everywhere. The parts of VKO I was in looked very new, and were well-maintained. There was a TON of open space and seating everywhere. There was a row of shops and restaurants, as well as an elaborate fountain. What surprised me the most, though, was how dead the airport was. I had about a 3 hour layover each way, and never saw more than a few hundred people scattered throughout the massive terminal. By the looks of the planes on the ground, Transaero is the main airline at this airport, so it will be interesting to see what becomes of the obviously humongous investment that is VKO given this news.

Aeroflot paying their fuel bill through today is interesting. I'm assuming the Russian government is propping up Transaero through subsidies to Aeroflot. Seems like an odd arrangement.

Transaero have expanded waay to quickly and have in my opinoin overexpanded. And it isn't surprising judging by their fleet list that it is waay to varied.

Transaero website is dead.....

Come on Lucky! Why have it it never happen? Book a ticket today, and fly Transaero Imperial Class this week. Your readers are counting on you. You've tried out new products on their first day of service, maybe now you'll get to try one out on it's last 😉

Never mind. Just realized that although they're still flying, they've already stopped selling tickets.

Ha, we have tickets for this Sunday (JFK-TVL). Transaero isn't answering phone to reconfirm flights. Our plan is to go to the airport and if we find that our flight is cancelled, we'll regroup and simply go where our miles will take us....

If they do not such a difficult and expensive visa situation, i am sure russian airlines will do much much better.

Everytime i look at their fares n the thought of visa issues even for transit (u can be at different airports in moscow, or say in eastern russia, there is no transit desk in transit zone), i would think twice.

Now that oil prices have tanked, they really should look at opening up their other industries.. including the tourism sector.

Silly to have great planes n great potential for expansion, but cannot harness the potential because of red tape.

I was checking into a LAX hotel a few weeks ago and a Tranaero crew arrived to check in. 1 of the flight attendants wearing very tight trousers......**sigh** he had a very nice bum....

u emailed [email protected] for refund for two tickets i paid for and 3 days pass got no replay
does anyone know if the money is gone or there is a way to get it back

i meant to say the tickets i purchased are for January 6 2016

I booked 3 tickets for 16 Dec 2015. How should i apply for refund?

I have a flight booked for January 7th, 2016,

However I have been notified it has been canceled. How do I proceed with getting my refund?