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Nov 08, 2018 (newstodate): The decision to strengthen regional air traffic in Russia is now to be implemented.
The aim is also to relieve the pressure on the three airports in the Moscow hub that is today an unwanted intermediate transfer stop on regional traffic for up to 80 percent of the air travels within the country.
Instead, the goal is to open regional hubs across Russia by 2023.
Aeroflot will thus set up three regional hubs in Sochi, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, as well as one international hub in Krasnoyarsk.
By this measure, Aeroflot plans to almost triple regional traffic from seven million passengers in 2017 to 19 million passengers in 2023.
At the same time, the network of scheduled inter-regional passenger routes will be expanded aiming at having 50 percent of all scheduled domestic flights bypassing Moscow by 2024.
In support of this strategy, Aeroflot will set up new low-cost regional carriers with own capacity based at the coming regional hubs.
The aim is also to relieve the pressure on the three airports in the Moscow hub that is today an unwanted intermediate transfer stop on regional traffic for up to 80 percent of the air travels within the country.
Instead, the goal is to open regional hubs across Russia by 2023.
Aeroflot will thus set up three regional hubs in Sochi, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, as well as one international hub in Krasnoyarsk.
By this measure, Aeroflot plans to almost triple regional traffic from seven million passengers in 2017 to 19 million passengers in 2023.
At the same time, the network of scheduled inter-regional passenger routes will be expanded aiming at having 50 percent of all scheduled domestic flights bypassing Moscow by 2024.
In support of this strategy, Aeroflot will set up new low-cost regional carriers with own capacity based at the coming regional hubs.