OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 May 2009 was announced, that Transaero Airlines had launched a new regular domestic route from Moscow to Blagoveshchensk in the Russian Far East. The new flight is Transaero’s 15th domestic route and another step in the company’s domestic route expansion strategy.

The new Moscow — Blagoveshchensk — Moscow flight operates three times a week using the codes UN195/196. The flight will take advantage of the new Tupolev-214 aircraft with two-class configurations — 8 Business class seats and 176 Economy class seats. The flight schedule is as follows:

UN195: Departure from Moscow Domodedovo International Airport every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 6:25 p.m. local time. Arrival in Ignatyevo Airport in Blagoveshchensk at 8:00 a.m. local time the following day.

UN196: Departure from Blagoveshchensk every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m. local time with arrival in Moscow at 12:10 p.m. local time.

Transaero is launching the new Moscow — Blagoveshchensk — Moscow flight with attractive round trip airfare for both economy and business class travelers:

RUR 20,765 Economy class (approx. ?472*);

RUR 75,765 Business class (approx. ?1722*).

Upon arrival, passengers on flights from Blagoveshchensk can make use of Transaero Airlines’ convenient hub transfer facilities at Moscow Domodedovo International Airport, making access to connecting flights within Russian and to international destinations easier than ever.

“Given the traditionally high demand for flight connections between Moscow and the Russian Far East, we believe that this new route will become a very popular destination within Transaero’s domestic travel network”, commented Transaero Airlines General Director Olga Pleshakova.

Blagoveshchensk is a Far-East Russian city located on the Amur River only 150 meters far away from the Chinese border. The local economy has expanded due to cross-border trade with China and Blagoveshchensk has become a strategic city for foreign trade and business. In recent years Blagoveshchensk has emerged as a centre for metal and timber processing as well as paper production. Such industrial development demands an outstanding transport infrastructure. Currently the city is served by rail, a river port and an airport.

Pursuant to its strategy on expanding its domestic travel network, Transaero has already added four new destinations in 2009 alone: Moscow — Ufa, Moscow — Samara, Moscow — Kazan and Moscow — Magadan. Transaero Airlines has already launched flights connecting Moscow and other cities of the Russian Far East such as Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Anadyr and Magadan.

Including all taxes and fares. Euro equivalent prices subject to change according to exchange rate at time of ticket purchase.