OREANDA-NEWS. Transaero Airlines has unveiled its 2013 summer schedule. This summer Transaero will continue to expand its route network to fully satisfy needs of business travelers and tourists. The airlines summer timetable features more than 190 routes, an all time record, nearly 20% rise over the previous summer schedule.

This summer season will see the launch phase of a joint Transaero and Vnukovo airport project to establish a new large and modern transit center at a spacious and technologically sophisticated Terminal A in Moscow Vnukovo airport. The new transit center will offer passengers excellent transfer opportunities in terms of schedule and comfort on the flights between destinations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan und Ukraine as well as destinations in the U.S. and Western Europe.

In total, nearly 30 routes will be available for Transaero’s passengers from Vnukovo. For the first time ever, scheduled flights from Vnukovo airport will be performed on board Boeing 747-400 jetliners on regular basis. Transaero will operate this type of aircraft on the routes to the US and Mexico.

Transaero continues to consistently expand its operations from its base hub in Saint Petersburg. This summer Transaero will launch new flights from Russia's Northern capital to Kaliningrad, Sochi and Kiev. Moreover, the frequency of Transaero’s flights between Moscow and Saint Petersburg will grow up to six times a day. For customer convenience Transaero will operate flights to St. Petersburg from two Moscow airports, i.e. Domodedovo and Vnukovo.

Transaero remains an active contributor to the implementation of the State Program for Subsidized Air Travel. This summer Transaero will offer discounted airfare for the Russian citizens on as many as twelve of its routes to and from the country’s Far East. Transaero will operate Boeing 777-300 aircraft with the renovated interiors and Lumexis IEF system on the routes from Moscow to a number of Russia’s Far Eastern destinations.

The airline will continue to develop point-to-point operations from Russian regional centers to the most popular international leisure destinations. This summer season Transaero offers direct flights from over 20 cities in Russia. The number of Transaero’s international routes from Russia’s regional centers will exceed 65, that represents a 50% Y-o-Y rise. The airline will perform direct flights to Barcelona from 13 Russian cities, Hurghada – from 10 cities, Larnaca – from 10 cities, Pathos – from 9 cities and Bangkok – from 8 cities.

The 2013 summer season Transaero’s timetable will feature the launch of flights from Moscow to a new destination - Tokyo. Flights will be performed from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Narita Airport on board Boeing 777-200 aircraft with the Imperial class (first class) layout.

New flights will be launched to Kiev from three cities in Russia - Yekaterinburg, Perm and Ufa.

Transaero Airlines offers an even broader range of destinations and flight frequency through its code-sharing agreements with partner airlines. Transaero codeshare partners include Singapore Airlines, operating flights between Moscow and Singapore and between Moscow and Houston. Transaero has partnered with Virgin Atlantic to offer code-share flights between Moscow and London under a joint UN/VS code. At the same time Virgin Atlantic’s flights between London and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Orlando are operated under the joint code VS/UN. Transaero also has a code-share agreement with Austrian Airlines for flights between Moscow and Vienna.

Transaero will offer Imperial class service (the airline’s unique first class service) on flights to New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, Cancun, Punta-Cana, Tokyo, Male, Phuket, Pathos, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Anadyr.