OREANDA-NEWS. November 19, 2012. Aeroflot was recognized as the best airline in Russia, taking top honor according to Conde Nast Traveller Readers Choice – the most prestigious award in the world travel industry.

Conde Nast Traveller Readers Choice Award has been bestowing the best of the best in the industry for more than 10 years and is the internationally acknowledged top prize in tourism.

Through implementation of the latest technological achievements into on-board and ground service Aeroflot is standing in one line with the world’s best premium class airlines.

Only within the last year Aeroflot has proudly introduced the modernized ticket booking and selling technology, renewed on-board registration system and has radically improved the level of on-board and airport service.

Our airline will celebrate the 90-ty anniversary in 2013. In order to congratulate all Aeroflot passengers we are planning to do even more to enhance our service standards. New state-of-the-art Boeing 777 airplanes joining the fleet of Aeroflot next year will have additional class of service – Premium Economy. Now more options will be available for our passengers: increased seat pitch, renewed menu and priority boarding.

Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship airline and the largest national air company.

Proudly being a full member of SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot with its partnering members provides service to 1000 destinations in 187 countries. In 2011 Aeroflot carried more than 14 million passengers.

Aeroflot was the first Russian air company to be included into IATA’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registry, and now is being certified on a regular basis. Aeroflot has also successfully passed IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) and has ISO 9001:2008 safety standards certificate.

Aeroflot is a General Partner for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Passenger Air Transportation Services category.

Aeroflot’s fleet, which is among Europe’s most modern and youngest (average aircraft age is 5,3 years) consists of 126 aircraft, with its backbone formed by Airbus A320-family, A330, Boeing B767 and Sukhoi SuperJet-100 airliners. Aeroflot is based in Moscow, at Sheremetyevo International Airport.