Aeroflot renames Kaliningrad into Königsberg

This is quite unusual. The discrepancy between in-flight announcements and Aeroflot’s own website does not make any sense.
Did the cockpit crew manage, in cooperation with cabin crew, to form a contemporary fifth column?
Are they planning to re-annex the city to Germany?
Are flights between Moscow and Kaliningrad still domestic flights? or international flights between Russian Federation and Germany?
By switching to the old name of the city, do Russian passengers need entry visa to travel to Königsberg?

Date: 15 May 2011 commenting on http://www.russia-ic.com/

Deadly blast comes at sensitive time for Russia

The airport is claiming that it was the first passenger airport terminal in Russia to be certified under ISO 9001:2000.
ISO for what? For sloppy security standards?
Ironically, Domodedovo Airport spokeswoman rejected the words of President Medvedev about the responsibility of the airport management toward that serious security breach.

Date: 25 January 2011 commenting on http://www.nytimes.com/

Vladivostok Avia connects Russia’s two biggest cities with A320 service

Four flights a week?
For any airline to be competitive with the other air operators on a specific city-pair, it has to operate at least twice daily (i.e. 14 flights a week).
The limited options offered by four flights a week makes Vladivostok Air unfavorable compared with the major players of Moscow-St Petersburg corridor. 
However, the position of Vladivostok Air is different as its flights bound for St Petersburg originate from Vladivostok. In other words, the airline is mainly serving St Petersburg with one stop en route in Moscow. We can safely say that the airline is not competing with the other operators in Moscow-St Petersburg market. Thus, any traffic picked up from Moscow to St Petersburg will be a plus on the airline operating figures.

Date 11 August 2011 commenting on http://www.anna.aero/

Domodedovo: Another Russian IPO kicks the bucket

All problems of Domodedovo have started after the deadly blast of the airport in January 2011. In their pursuit to check the security measures applicable at the airport, the official Russian investigators had a problem tracing the chain of command at the airport, and consequently the exact ownership of the airport.
It seems that the terrorist, who detonated the explosives, unintentionally detonated another explosive at the future of the current airport ownership and created a big question mark about the airport.
It is strongly believed that the Russian Prosecutor General's report issued end of April 2011 has a negative impact on the idea of making Domodedovo Airport available for investors through IPO.

Date: 03 June 2011 commenting on http://www.ft.com/

Aeroflot's A330 cabin a big step up

Being a Muscovite myself, I can not favor one of my airport-sons over the other two. They are equally doing well considering their respective ages and qualifications.
The point is that they are competing with each other to attract more air traffic. Considering the zero-sum game, the ultimate effect on Mother Russia will be almost the same unless there will be a significant increase in transit traffic.

Date: 10 January 2010 commenting on http://www.flightglobal.com/

Terminal 3 of Sheremetyevo

Well, the bottom line is whether these architectural achievements will reshuffle the rank of Sheremetyevo compared to the other Russian airports in Moscow. In other words, will Sheremetyevo take the lead over Domodedovo?


Date: 24 November 2009 commenting on http://www.cre.ru/

Aeroflot terminal to open in winter

The Russian Federation is eagerly waiting for the opening of Sheremetievo Terminal 3 for the sake of facelifting the international image of the airport.
According to Russia’s Transport Clearing House, Sheremetievo Airport handled 15,066,354 passengers during 2008. Considering the fact that the new terminal will be able to handle 12 million passengers a year, are we expecting congested operation during the early years of airport life? 

Date: 01 July 2009 commenting on http://www.iflybusiness.com/