OREANDA-NEWS. During this period the air route Moscow-Samara-Moscow carried over 1.7 million passengers (214 000 passengers and 612 tons of cargo in 2013).
Originally there was one flight to Samara per day operated with Tupolev-154 and Tupolev-134; in 2001 the second flight was inaugurated. Today Aeroflot has 4 daily flights to Samara on comfortable A319/A320/A321. Winter schedule of 2013-2014 will count as much as 5 everyday flights.
Samara is among 19 destinations of Aeroflot's route network where "Business Pass" is available. This fare product was specially designed for passengers regularly flying with Aeroflot. "Business Pass" is an integrated round-trip ticket for several flights on chosen direction.
Celebrating its 90-th anniversary in 2013, Aeroflot is Russia's flagship airline and the largest national air company. Proudly being a member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot with its partnering members provides service to more than 1000 destinations in 178 countries. Aeroflot operates one of the most modern and youngest fleets in Europe counting 139 aircraft formed by Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi airliners with an average airplane age between five and six years old. In 2012 Aeroflot carried 17.7 million passengers (27.5 million passengers as Aeroflot Group), continuously showing the best results in modern Russia's history. In June 2013 Aeroflot was for the second time awarded by SKYTRAX as The Best Airline in Eastern Europe.