1st flight " Dobrolet " fly at full load

Loukoster " Dobrolet " on Tuesday, will perform the " Sheremetyevo " own 1st flight to Simferopol. With passengers on that flight, for Example, meet the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev A., it follows from the message of the press-service of the government.

in addition, the Prime Minister inspected the plane Boeing 737-800 of this Airline. The event will also be attended by transport Minister Maxim Sokolov And Director General of the Airline " Aeroflot " Vitaly Saveliev.

Child Loukoster " Aeroflot " - " Dobrolet " initially own the 1st flight planned to do in St. Petersburg. But in summer, due to the occurrence of the Crimean Peninsula in Russia, " Dobrolet " the plans have changed. As explained above Last news Vitaly Saveliev - on flights to the region There is a real demand. 2 Boeing-737 of Airline (189 seats) on June 10, will be twice a day to fly there And back to the airport in Simferopol.

Sale on flights of " Dobrolet " started on 26 may, the Price of tickets for June-July fluctuated in the range of two to seven thousand Rubles.. For the first night on " Dobrolet " was already booked 13, 7 thousand tickets. Loading of the flights from Moscow to Simferopol With eleven June to 22 June 99, 9%, back From 27 to 30 June Download - 100%. The opening of sales in July, the situation has not changed. The tickets cost from 1, 9 to 6, 9 thousand rubles. Currently deals With departure in July on the " Dobrolet " either. In General, the company makes a promise to move in the summer season is about 200 thousand passengers.

on the first day of the week even Medvedev D. A. was not able to find cheap flights to Crimea. Try to find budget carriage by other Airlines in June And July was not crowned with success. The Prime Minister ordered a problem to understand, suspecting the Airline that they put the minimum number of cheap flights. But respondents Last news carriers claim that sold the cheap tickets more than a hundred thousand. They dismantled, Like " hot cakes ".


2 aircraft " Dobrolet " is unlikely to make up for this summer All the needs of Russian citizens in the cheap flights to Crimea. Russian transport Ministry said that is expected to transport more than 2 million passengers.

For the Sale process cheap flights joined And other Airlines are among them from the capital of Russia - the parent Company of " Dobrolet " - " Aeroflot " And " Transaero ". Regional flights at a reduced rate of 3, 8 thousand rubles from Novosibirsk executes, For example, " Siberia ".

All carriers, Since may, has been actively increasing the number of flights to Crimea. Since April, Aeroflot increased the number of flights to Simferopol to 4 per week, From may up to six times a day, With June - up to eight times a day. Departures by a single tariff for these flights for 7, 5 thousand roubles (rate was recommended Airline Russian President Vladimir Putin) is not. The depth of the sales of Two months - Loading 100%, said a source in the Company.

" Transaero ", which started selling the budget of transportation in the Crimea in spring, From 18 may to 5 June has already served by 13, 8 thousand passengers. The cost of moving in one direction then was 3, 1 thousand roubles." Now the Tickets are sold for the price of 4, 2 thousand in the same direction." But They have extremely little, not at All dates ", says 1st Deputy General Director, Transaero Dmitry Stolyarov.

this reduced price airline sold almost 42 thousand tickets. And the demand for flights are very high. The company has already changed the plane in Simferopol on a larger (With Boeing-737 at 767), certificate in the Simferopol airport to receive Boeing-747 (450 seats) she plans to put in there And it. Only in the summer season Transaero intends to transport 210 thousand Russian air passengers at the rate " discount ".

" The answer, why cheap ticket to Simferopol no, first of all, lies in the specifics of the business of airlines ", says editor-Avia. EN Novel Gusarov. The market offers Tickets not only of " Aeroflot ", " Dobrolet " or discount " Transaero ". There are other Airlines that fly at higher prices.

It is logical that when cheap Tickets sold out, search engines tickets give a more expensive proposition. Secondly, an important role plays the time of booking - the closer To the flight, the more expensive flight. This is the basis of business of all of the world's carriers, And the world Gloucester, explains Gusarov.

at the same time, just to solve the problem by increasing the number of flights to Crimea And, thus, lowering the cost of travel, cannot." Airlines do not have the ability to carry more passengers than may take the airport of Simferopol. He has Over twenty years has not been upgraded. And Ukrainian authorities were not doing enough for its development. For example, some time ago from operation was withdrawn one of the runways of the airport, which could increase the passenger traffic of the airport ", - stressed the expert.


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