Aeroflot has extended its free transportation of surfing (kitesurfing/wakeboarding/windsurfing) and diving equipment to select resorts. This offer applies to flights to Bangkok, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, and Male. Tel Aviv has also been added to the list, reports Travel.ru's own correspondent.
The promotion has been extended for the winter season, this time for tickets purchased before March 30 of next year and for travel until April 30. Free transportation is now also available on flights to Tel Aviv, for travel between July 20 and April 30. It's possible the period will be extended again in the spring.
Free transportation is only available on flights operated by Aeroflot and its subsidiaries (Rossiya and Aurora), including connecting flights with an origin or destination in Tel Aviv, Male, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, or Phuket. Equipment transportation must be pre-arranged through Aeroflot call centers or offices. This offer is not valid for flights on carriers outside the Aeroflot group, even if their flights are included on the same ticket.
The total weight of diving or surfing equipment checked in as baggage must not exceed 23 kilograms. This equipment is not included in the passenger's other baggage weight.
A surfing kit may include a surfboard, a mount, a wetsuit, a pair of boots (plus other accessories, the total weight of which is no more than 5 kilograms). A diving kit may include a buoyancy compensator, a wetsuit, a helmet, gloves, boots or fins. It is also permissible to carry other equipment (a pressure gauge, a regulator (octopus), a mask with a snorkel and other accessories), the weight of which should not exceed 5 kilograms.
As a reminder, Aeroflot plans to increase the number of flights to Thailand in the upcoming winter season. Flight frequencies to Bangkok and Phuket will increase by 50%.
Source: travel.ru
