S7 Airlines, member of oneworld global alliance, transported the 10-millionth passenger (for 2014) on December 29th 2014. It was Farit Sadikov, who travelled with his wife from Ufa to Moscow (flight S7-94) to spend New Year Holidays there with their children, the carrier’s press-service reports.
S7 Airlines awarded the passenger with a certificate for a free flight (to be performed in 2015) and offered him business class services during the flight. Ufa airport granted him an opportunity to use business lounge two times throughout the year.
«Ufa is one of the most important cities in the route network of S7 Airlines. This destination is popular, that is why we increased the number of daily flights to Moscow to four ones. Now the passengers may choose the most convenient time of departure and travel home in the evening with S7 if necessary. The new flight allowed us to offer more convenient connections at Domodedovo airport for flights to other cities of Russia, CIS Region and Europe,» S7 Airlines General Representative, Central Region, Alexander Larin.
«The meeting of the 10-millionth passenger is not the first joint project implemented by Ufa airport and S7 Airlines, - CEO of Ufa International Airport, Alexnader Andreev, said. – In August our airport serviced the 1,5-millionth passenger – he appeared to be a client of S7 Airlines. This airline is our long-standing and reliable partner. We are glad to continue our fruitful partnership. The achieved milestones demonstrate the efficiency of our cooperation. This year we were the first airport in Privolzhsky Federal District to register 1,5- and 2-millionth passengers. We expect our passenger traffic to reach 2,4 million passengers in 2014».
It is the first time S7 Airlines transported over 10 million passengers within a year. In 2014 the carrier continued expansion of its fleet and route network. S7 Airlines took delivery of five new aircraft: two Airbus А320s and three Boeing 737-800NGs. The airline launched flights from Moscow to Voronezh, Paphos, Larnaca, Fergana; opened flights from Vladivostok and Irkutsk to Seoul. Moreover, the carrier improved S7 Priority Frequent Flyer Program. Now the members of the S7 Priority can pay for tickets purchased via the S7 website with miles, transfer miles from their account to other accounts as well as purchase miles needed to get the award ticket, S7 added.
