Aeroflot continues to increase its attain in Asia and can quickly add a second Indian vacation spot to its community after New Delhi. The provider will now supply direct flights to India’s seaside vacation spot Goa, which has historically been extremely popular with Russian vacationers.
Direct flights to Goa
Aeroflot will supply direct flights between Moscow (SVO) and Goa (GOI), located in western India alongside the Arabian Sea, from November 2nd. The Russian flag provider will deploy an Airbus A330-300 plane on the route with three flights per week, providing 28 seats in enterprise class and 268 in economic system.
Flight SU0236 will depart Moscow at 14:55 and attain Goa the subsequent day at 01:00 native time after a journey of seven.5 hours. The return flight SU0237 will depart Goa after an hour and a half at 02:30 and attain Moscow at 08:15 on the identical day.
The Moscow-Goa flights will function on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, and the return flight on Thursday, Sunday, and Monday.
Goa is a part of Aeroflot’s bigger enlargement into Asia because it appears to be like to re-establish its presence wherever it could possibly amid sanctions from a lot of the world. It has already resumed flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka from October ninth and to Bangkok from October thirtieth.
In time for vacationer season
The Goa service is well-timed, as that is thought-about time to go to this a part of India, with November to February thought-about the height vacationer season as a result of nice climate. Russian vacationers have historically been keen on Goa, and contribute considerably to the tourism trade within the area.
The flight will supply greater than only a handy connection for passengers. These new companies collectively will add a weekly cargo capability of round 30 tons between India and Russia and are anticipated to plug the hole to some extent in provide chain points that Russia is going through amid world sanctions.
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Naveen Rao, Director at Delmos Aviation, which manages the cargo gross sales and bookings for Aeroflot in India, commented,
“(As) a lot of the airways are nonetheless not flying to Russia as a result of numerous sanctions. It’s affecting the cargo provide chain from the western area. Aeroflot flights from Goa will assist bridge this hole. Weekly flights from Goa will additional improve and streamline the provision chain each for the pharmaceutical sector and different items industries.”
Sanctions proceed
As airways around the globe proceed on the trail to restoration after the pandemic, Russian carriers are nonetheless struggling as a result of main plane producers pulling in another country following the Ukraine disaster.
Aeroflot’s passenger numbers this 12 months have dropped in comparison with final 12 months, with your complete state-owned Aeroflot Group airways carrying a mixed 31.3 million passengers from January up till final month, in comparison with 34.1 million in the identical interval in 2021.
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Aeroflot can be going through challenges in sustaining its plane, with each Airbus and Boeing out of the image. It’s now wanting inwards by putting an order for 339 domestically constructed plane comprising 210 Irkut MC-21-300s, 40 Tupolev Tu-214 narrowbodies, and 89 Irkut SSJ 100/95-NEW regional jets, a revised model of the Superjet 100.
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Aeroflot
- IATA/ICAO Code:
- SU/AFL
- Airline Kind:
- Full Service Service
- Hub(s):
- Moscow Sheremetyevo Worldwide Airport
- 12 months Based:
- 1923
- Alliance:
- SkyTeam
- CEO:
- Mikhail Poluboyarinov
- Nation:
- Russia
