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International airlines increase capacity, frequencies to Russia

Russian Aviaton » Friday December 16, 2016 14:15 MSK

Thai Airways has relaunched Bangkok Suvarnabhumi-Moscow Domodedovo Boeing 777-200/300 service on Dec. 15. It will operate 4X-weekly flights on the route, ATWonline reported.

The Thailand flag carrier ceased Moscow operations in March 2015 because of weak demand. However, in the first eight months of 2016, traffic from Russia to Thailand grew 20%, Thai Airways VP Bryan Banston said. From 2005 when Thai Airways started to fly to Domodedovo, it has performed 3,400 flights from this airport to Bangkok; the highest frequency, 5X weekly, was reached in 2014. This year passenger traffic exceeded 100,000, Domodedovo International Airport said in a statement.

Singapore Airlines is set to increase the number of Singapore-Moscow Domodedovo frequencies from 4X- to 5X-weekly from May 30, 2017, simultaneously adding fifth freedom rights on the Moscow Domodedovo-Stockholm portion of the flight from Singapore. The carrier launched Airbus A350-900 flights, which replaced the Boeing 777, on Singapore-Moscow service Dec. 15. Singapore Airlines is the first carrier flying the A350-900 to Russia.

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines uses the Boeing 777 on Vienna-Moscow Domodedovo service, replacing A320 family and 737 aircraft. Austrian performs 11X-weekly flights between the cities. Austrian has flown to Domodedovo for nearly 10 years, carrying 1.96 million passengers, Domodedovo said in a statement. At the beginning of 2015, Austrian FlyNiki ceased Vienna-Moscow flights and Transaero Airlines stopped flying on the route because of bankruptcy.

In October, Dubai-based Emirates Airline increased Dubai-Moscow Domodedovo capacity, reintroducing the A380 on one out of two daily services. According to Domodedovo, Dubai traffic increased 20% in November year-over-year.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plans to double Amsterdam-Saint Petersburg Boeing 737 service frequency from one to two daily flights from Feb. 18, 2017. This will increase the number of long-haul flights connections at Schiphol Airport, Saint Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport said in a statement.