OREANDA-NEWS. June 29, 2007.  It is 70 years since the first flight to Sweden. Aeroflot performed the first flight to Stockholm on June 27, 1937 by the aircraft Douglas DS-3. The crew consisted of two pilots Demtchenko and Timoshenko, a mechanic, a wireless operator and a  representative of the Swedish airline company АВ Aerotransport.
 The flight of Aeroflot to Stockholm at the airport of Broma was met by Alexandra Kolontay, the USSR ambassador in Sweden.

Since June 30 to September 1937 Aeroflot performed regular flights to Stockholm by the aircraft Douglas DS-3 three times a week. The flight on the route Stockholm-Moscow had two stops in Riga and Velikiye Luki. Since September 10 flights were performed by the aircraft ANT-35 (PS-35) fitted with the US engines Wright Cyclone – 840hp.

Aeroflot was one of few airline companies that continued flights to Sweden after the beginning of WWII.

Within 1940 - 1941 there were two flights a week Moscow-Stockholm, and on June 21, 1941, the flights to the airport of Broma were suspended. After this there were flights for servicing state visits. In 1942 the flights were mainly performed by the aircrafts DS-3 and LI-2.

After WWII Aeroflot resumed regular flights to Sweden only in spring 1956 on the route Moscow-Riga-Stockholm by the aircrafts IL-14 and IL-12.

On March 31, 1960, Aeroflot started exploiting turbo-prop aircrafts IL-18 that flew to the airport Broma till international flights were transferred to the airport Arlanda.

At the moment Aeroflot has seven flights a week on the route Moscow-Stockholm-Moscow by А319.

Within recent five years 281 thousand passengers have been carried on this line. Since October 2006 Aeroflot has been fruitfully cooperating with the airline company SAS within the frameworks of the code-sharing agreement.

To the 70th anniversary of flights Aeroflot jointly with the Russian Embassy in Sweden arranges some solemn events with participation of air authorities and representatives of the Swedish community. Passengers flying today to/from Moscow and Stockholm will be presented special souvenirs.