Aeroflot's LCC Pobeda launches ticket sales to six destinations

MOSCOW – JSC “Aeroflot” (“the Company”, Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces that Russia’s Federal Aviation Agency has granted Pobeda, the low-cost carrier subsidiary of Aeroflot Group, an operator’s certificate and air transportation licence.

Under Russian legislation the award of this documentation means that Pobeda is able to launch ticket sales from today, 11 November.

The carrier will fly daily from Moscow to Volgograd, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Perm, Tyumen and Belgorod. Pobeda will make its maiden flight on 1 December from terminal A of Vnukovo international airport in Moscow.

Pobeda’s lowest prices for a one-way ticket will start from RUB 999 excluding taxes and surcharges.

The new airline’s fleet will comprise new narrow-body Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft, which can carry up to 189 passengers. As new aircraft join the fleet, flight frequency will increase and Pobeda will launch connections to new destinations.