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Apr 16, 2014 (newstodate): Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet is fighting to get airborne in time to share this summer's traffic.
Originally slated for launch of services from this spring already, Dobrolet is now striving to enter service by late June or early July.
The airline, however, has still not received neither its AOC or its commercial license, barring it also from entering contracts with Russian airport including Moscow Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo Airport.
The airline's plans are to operate a fleet of eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft by the end of the year, but so far only one aircraft has been delivered, with a second pending. This is, however, still not meeting the requirements by Rosaviation that states that an airline must have at least eight aircraft of a single type in the the fleet before an AOC can be awarded.
According to plans earlier announced, the initial fleet of eight aircraft will grow by another eight aircraft annually till about 40 after its first five years of operations. By then, the fleet may also be augmented by the introduction of Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
From the start the route map will comprise flights from Moscow to eight Russian destinations St Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Ufa, Noviy Urengoy, and Makhachkala.
After its first year of operations, the route network will grow to 19 and by 2016 to 26 destinations including also international routes to cities like Kiev, Istanbul and Yerevan.
Originally slated for launch of services from this spring already, Dobrolet is now striving to enter service by late June or early July.
The airline, however, has still not received neither its AOC or its commercial license, barring it also from entering contracts with Russian airport including Moscow Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo Airport.
The airline's plans are to operate a fleet of eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft by the end of the year, but so far only one aircraft has been delivered, with a second pending. This is, however, still not meeting the requirements by Rosaviation that states that an airline must have at least eight aircraft of a single type in the the fleet before an AOC can be awarded.
According to plans earlier announced, the initial fleet of eight aircraft will grow by another eight aircraft annually till about 40 after its first five years of operations. By then, the fleet may also be augmented by the introduction of Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.
From the start the route map will comprise flights from Moscow to eight Russian destinations St Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Ufa, Noviy Urengoy, and Makhachkala.
After its first year of operations, the route network will grow to 19 and by 2016 to 26 destinations including also international routes to cities like Kiev, Istanbul and Yerevan.