Azimuth Airlines has opened ticket sales for its winter schedule on routes from Rostov-on-Don to Yerevan and Bishkek, and from Stavropol to Yerevan. Tickets are available for 790 rubles on some dates, according to Travel.ru.
For this price, you can fly one-way from Rostov and Stavropol to Yerevan. A roundtrip will cost from 4,768 rubles due to high Yerevan airport fees. Prices from Rostov to Bishkek start at 1,425 rubles one-way and 3,870 rubles roundtrip.
This is the price for the baggage-free, non-refundable promotional rate, which is valid for a limited time (baggage rates are several times higher). Adding baggage to the baggage-free rate costs 2,000 rubles each way. However, all passengers are allowed to carry 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 plans to launch the Rostov-Volgograd route and 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 and Stavropol to Yerevan, and from Rostov to Bishkek. Flights on the Moscow-Elista route will be doubled 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