OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2010. Top managers of ‘Aeroflot’ met in ‘Safisa’, a palace for special events, with members of the ‘Aeroflot Bonus’ programme. The event was attended by holders of GOLD (supreme) class cards who have gathered each no less than one million of qualification miles during participation in the programme. More than 500 guests were invited. The event was hosted by the popular TV showman Andrey Malakhov, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

The guests were greeted by Vladimir Antonov, deputy director-general for production, Vadim Zingman, deputy director-general for customer services, Andrey Kalmykov, deputy director-general for commerce, Anatoly Yakimchuk, deputy director-general for flight operations, Vladimir Smirnov, deputy director-general for procurement, and Evgeny Sidorov, director of the ‘Aeroflot Bonus’ programme.

Chulpan Khamatova was a special guest of the event. The famous actress and founder of the ‘Podari Zhizn’ (Give Life) fund welcomed the guests and announced the start of a charitable auction in which award miles were donated. Ten paintings of children sponsored by the ‘Podari Zhizn’ fund were exhibited. The paintings were rapidly acquired by the guests in exchange for a record-setting amount of miles, around 700,000. The donated miles will be used for carrying children to medical institutions for treatment.

“In cooperation with the Fund, Aeroflot implements the ‘Mili Miloserdiya’ (Charity Miles) programme that is saving lives to children under our care. Over 400,000,000 miles have been raised during the years of cooperation. The miles were used to purchase tickets to 1,500 patients. Owing to Aeroflot, children from the most remote regions of Russia can now go to medical treatment to any country on the globe. Also, owing to your support, doctors can now transport organs for transplantation. This help is invaluable for us. On behalf of doctors, children, and their parents, I am saying ‘Thank you’ to all of you,’ said Chulpan Khamatova closing the auction.

Next, special prizes were awarded by Aeroflot to winners in the following nominations: ‘Largest total cost of Aeroflot tickets collected during the entire time of participation in the programme’, ‘Largest total number of business-class flights during the entire time of participation in the programme’, ‘Largest total number of qualification miles collected during the entire time of participation in the programme’, and ‘Largest total number of qualification miles collected in 2009’. The winners were awarded with gifts from Aeroflot and partners of the ‘Aeroflot Bonus’ programme: the programme’s GOLD cards valid until 2022 and free business-class tickets and lodgment for two persons in exquisite hotels in Greece and Maldives.

The festival for Aeroflot’s most valuable passengers ended with congratulations from Sergey Mazaev and a concert of the ‘Moralny Kodeks’ (Moral Code) group. Sergey Mazaev, an elite member of Aeroflot’s bonus programme, said in his speech that Aeroflot’s business class is No. 1 in the world.

Aeroflot will now arrange similar meetings of the company’s top managers and the elite members of the ‘Aeroflot Bonus’ programme annually.