OREANDA-NEWS. July 30, 2010. Vitaly Savelyev, director general of OJSC “Aeroflot - Russian Airlines”, and Stanislaw Tillich, prime minister of the Saxony land (Germany), held a joint press conference in Dresden, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

The event was devoted to the first anniversary of resumed regular flights of Aeroflot to this city. The flights to Dresden were resumed, after a 16-year interval, on July 3, 2009. The route is served by А320 aircraft.

First, Aeroflot performed two flights a week on the restored Moscow - Dresden - Moscow route. This July, the number of flights was increased to three and, beginning April 2011, the fourth flight will be added. In this way Aeroflot intends to increase its flow of passengers to Germany, attract new clients, and enhance its positions on this major air traffic market.

Dresden has become the seventh German city connected with Moscow by Aeroflot flights. Currently Aeroflot offers regular flights also to Berlin, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, Hamburg, and Hanover.