UTair launched flights “Moscow – Anadyr” instead of “Transaero”

UTair launched flights “Moscow – Anadyr” instead of “Transaero”


The airline “UTair” has already been transported from the capital of Chukotka about 140 passengers and returning about 40 people. Used Boeing 767. UTair carries out departure and arrival at the airport “Vnukovo” in Moscow.

VLADIVOSTOK, 29 Oct. The airline “UTair” has begun transportation of passengers on the route Moscow-Anadyr-Moscow is bankrupt “Transaero”, according to the government of Chukotka.

Transaero airlines has been unable to service debts, which form together with the leasing obligations of about 250 billion rubles. Her tickets aren’t sold, but flying the airlines is prohibited from October 26. Passengers transported by the airlines of Aeroflot group, and others. Last week it became known that the group shareholder of S7 airlines Vladislav Filev has signed an agreement to purchase not less than 51% of actions “Transaero”.

“25-26 October, the airline “UTair” successfully launched flights on the route Moscow — Anadyr — Moscow, moved from the capital of Russia on Chukotka about 140 passengers and returning about 40 people. The next flight will take place on Thursday from Moscow to Anadyr and on Friday in the opposite direction”, — stated in the message.

Transportation is carried out on the Boeing 767. UTair carries out departure and arrival at the Moscow airport “Vnukovo”. As noted by the Director of the state enterprise “international airport of Anadyr (Coal)” Oleg Wild, thus UTair fully replaced on this route the company “Transaero”, which with the current week has stopped all scheduled flights.

“In addition to passengers who bought tickets on the flights of “Transaero”, “UTair” carrying new clients — sale of tickets is carried out in a regular mode. The average cost of flight in one direction is 42 thousand rubles,” said Wild.

The government of Chukotka continues negotiations to start flights on the route Moscow — Anadyr — Moscow with the airline “VIM-AVIA”, as well as along the route from Novosibirsk to Anadyr to Novosibirsk with S7.