Azimuth Airlines has opened ticket sales for the Moscow-Simferopol route. This will apparently replace the Moscow-Omsk route. Tickets are available for many dates for 888 rubles, according to a Travel.ru correspondent.
Flights to Simferopol will begin on October 29, while the Moscow-Omsk route is expected to close a day earlier (tickets for this route are not available for dates after October 28). Flights to Crimea are scheduled daily.
Departure from Moscow (Vnukovo Airport) is at 11:00 AM, arriving in Simferopol at 1:30 PM. Return departure is at 4:00 PM, arriving in Moscow at 6:30 PM. The Superjet 100 aircraft will be used on this route.
The non-refundable promotional fare is 888 rubles and is currently available on most flights. Baggage-free tickets on other flights start at 1,490 rubles. Adding baggage to the baggage-free fare costs 2,000 rubles each way. Many passengers will find it cheaper to opt for a baggage-free fare, starting at 3,050 rubles. However, all passengers are allowed 10 kilograms of carry-on baggage, plus a briefcase or handbag, and a number of other personal items.
Meals on Azimuth flights are available for a fee. Passengers are only offered free sparkling and still water (snacks will likely be included on the Bishkek flight). Online check-in is only available for those willing to pay a minimum of 200 rubles for seat selection.
When purchasing tickets on the Azimuth Airlines website, a paid meal (a sandwich for 250 rubles) and paid insurance (also 250 rubles) are now included in the ticket by default. This practice of selling services not requested by the customer, while prohibited in the European Union and several other countries, remains widespread in Russia. To cancel these services, click the "In the order" button on the additional services selection page.
In September, Azimuth also launched flights from Rostov to Volgograd and Grozny, as well as flights from Rostov and Krasnodar to Nizhnekamsk. Additionally, starting in October, the company plans to fly from Moscow to Pskov, from Krasnodar to Kazan, from Sochi to Kaluga, from Rostov, Krasnodar, and Stavropol to Yerevan, and from Rostov to Bishkek and Tyumen. Flights on the Moscow-Elista route will double from two to four times per week. At the same time, Azimuth will close several routes in late September and early October: from Elista to Sochi and Rostov, from Krasnodar and Mineralnye Vody to Kaluga, and from Moscow to Grozny.
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As a reminder, passengers of all Russian airlines may soon lose their guarantee of free carriage of briefcases, handbags, backpacks, outerwear, as well as baby food, medications, canes, crutches, and other medically necessary items. This is according to a draft order from the Ministry of Transport, prepared following an appeal to the ministry by Pobeda Airlines, which demanded that passengers be stripped of all these guarantees. If approved, carriers will be able to limit passengers to only 5 kilograms of carry-on baggage, with the airlines themselves being able to determine the permissible dimensions of such baggage (Pobeda itself already uses a tiny "calibrator" measuring 36x30x27 centimeters, which is insufficient to accommodate many common small city bags, as well as some mobile electronics, such as some laptops). Meanwhile, Azimuth Airlines has stated that it has no plans to reduce the allowances for its passengers.
Source: travel.ru