Aeroflot punta a creare una nuova low cost

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Una nuova low cost per Aeroflot

Potrebbe incominciare a volare alla fine di ottobre la nuova low cost di Aeroflot in sostituzione di Dobrolet, entrata sotto le sanzioni Ue per le tensioni in Ucraina e costretta a interrompere le attività di volo all'inizio di agosto.

La notizia, secondo l'agenzia russa Ria Novosti, è stata data nei giorni scorsi dal ceo di Aeroflot, Vitaly Savelyev, che ha specificato che le attività potrebbero partire il 27 ottobre prossimo con l'orario invernale.

La no frills conterà quattro aeromobili in flotta. Savelyev non avrebbe ancora svelato il nome del vettore, ma il piano voli prevede collegamenti per le città russe di Samara, Perm, Ufa e Volgograd.

A luglio Dobrolet era finita nella black list delle società sotto sanzioni Ue a causa delle sue rotte in Crimea. Il vettore aveva poi annunciato il 3 agosto l'interruzione delle attività per l'annullamento da parte delle 'controparti europee' dei contratti di leasing sui velivoli, dei servizi tecnici e di ogni forma di assicurazione. TTG

 

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La 'nuova' compagnia si chiamera' Dobrolet Plus (praticamente uguale a prima):

Aeroflot launches new low-cost carrier to replace sanctioned Dobrolet

Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot has set up a new low-cost subsidiary called Budget Carrier.
Aeroflot management had promised to create a new subsidiary to replace its low-cost Dobrolet, which ceased operations in August, as a result of EU sanctions. The company said restrictions imposed by the European Union led to the cancellation of aircraft lease, maintenance and insurance agreements.

READ MORE: Sanctions force Aeroflot to pull plug on low-cost airline
“I believe that we can launch flights at the start of the winter season from October 27,” Aeroflot’s chief executive Vitaly Savelyev said in late August. “We will proceed from this date. We will create a new subsidiary.”

Savelyev said the new carrier will initially have four planes, which will be transferred from Aeroflot’s other subsidiary OrenAir.
The new low-cost carrier could have a name that’s only a little different from its predecessor –Dobrolet Plus. Earlier reports suggested Aeroflot has purchased internet domains dobroletplus.com, dobrolet-plus.com, as well as Russian regional versions ending with .ru and .рф.
The press services of both Aeroflot and Dobrolet have refused to comment on the new low-cost carrier on Tuesday.

Dobrolet started operations with flights to Crimea in June, was only operational for 6 weeks. It had a fleet of two Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft, and a Sukhoi SuperJet-100.
Before finding itself on the EU sanctions list, the low-cost carrier announced plans to expand its fleet to eight planes and adding more destinations across Russia by the end of 2014.
Dobrolet promised its prices would be at least 15-20 percent lower than the average economy class fare with Aeroflot. A Moscow to Simferopol return ticket cost $60.

Moscow has also warned it could impose counter-sanctions that would hurt Western airlines, like shutting air corridors over Siberia. The possibility sent major airlines’ share prices sharply down in early August. RT.com

 

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Dietrofront su Dobrolet Plus, Aeroflot spinge per un nuovo nome

Aeroflot decides against using 'Dobrolet' name for new LCC


Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) will not relaunch its budget operations under the Dobrolet brand name, but will instead stick to Бюджетный перевозчик ('Byudzetniy Perevozchik' - "Budget Air Carrier"). Aeroflot sources who spoke to Russia's Vedomosti newspaper on condition of anonymity this week said management had discussed various options but had settled on a more generic name as a means of protecting the Dobrolet brand until such time that international sanctions are lifted and the carrier is once more free to operate as it pleases.

Sources stated that the carrier had already begun its certification with Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) with B737-800s to be sourced from Aeroflot which in turn sourced them from Orenair (R2, Orenburg). Aeroflot transferred the aircraft to Orenair shortly after Dobrolet suspended operations in August.

Initial flights will likely launch on October 27 covering Ufa, St. Petersburg, Samara Kurumoch, Perm, Volgograd, Adler/Sochi, Tyumen, and Surgut.

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Dopo lo stop forzato ai voli il nome Dobrolet penso sia compromesso agli occhi dei pax, meglio cambiare totalmente.

 

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Dopo lo stop forzato ai voli il nome Dobrolet direi che è compromesso e bruciato agli occhi dei pax, meglio cambiare totalmente.

Lo stop dei voli non è correlato ad alcun incidente o dissesto finanziario, classici eventi che possono compromettere, in maniera ovviamente diversa, l'immagine di una compagnia, bensì a sanzioni di natura europea.
Essendo una compagnia russa, operante prevalentemente voli domestici e internazionali in sfere di influenza del governo moscovita, può contare di tutto il sostegno dei media nazionali, che non si sono lasciati sfuggire l'occasione di sottolineare, più volte, l'ingerenza della EU nel grounding della compagnia, peraltro gestito con un eccellente sistema di riprotezione dei passeggeri da parte di SU.

 

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Aeroflot is to brand its new low-cost carrier ‘Pobeda’, meaning ‘Victory’, after its previous budget operation, Dobrolet, was forced to halt services.

The airline will use Boeing 737-800s and largely retain Dobrolet’s livery, although the fleet will carry the revised name.

Aeroflot had launched budget services with Dobrolet in June but the carrier’s controversial initial route to Crimea, the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia earlier this year, made the airline a target of European Union sanctions.

Dobrolet was forced to suspend services in August but Aeroflot vowed to resurrect its budget strategy by circumventing the restrictions.

Aeroflot’s selection of ‘Pobeda’ illustrates its defiance. Next year, on 9 May, Russia will celebrate the 70th anniversary of ‘Victory Day’ – the surrender of German forces to the Soviet Union in the Second World War.

But Aeroflot chief Vitaly Saveliev adds that the name also symbolises victory over “difficulties and external challenges” faced by Russia and its people this year.

The new carrier, however, appears set to avoid Crimean territory during its start-up phase.

Pobeda will begin services on the Moscow Vnukovo-Volgograd route on 17 November. Aeroflot says it will expand to Samara, Ekaterinburg, Perm, Kazan, Tyumen, Surgut and Belgorod.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...-budget-airline-with-hint-of-defiance-405375/