AK Transaero : Transaero Airlines carries out first scheduled flight on St Petersburg - Shanghai route

Transaero Airlines carries out first scheduled flight on St Petersburg - Shanghai route

| 15.06.2015

On June 14, 2015, Transaero Airlines launched its first scheduled flight on St Petersburg-Shanghai route.
The flights UN635/636 are operated from Pulkovo airport twice a week according to the following schedule (local time):
• Departure from St Petersburg on Thursdays and Sundays at 14.30, arriving in Shanghai at 04.40 on the following day;
• Departure from Shanghai on Mondays and Fridays at 06:40, arriving in St Petersburg at 12:00.
Transaero deploys Boeing 767 aircraft with business and economy class cabins on this route.

St. Petersburg and Shanghai are the sister-cities. The economic, trade and tourism links are being actively developed between them. This is the reason for such a high interest for the first flight, especially among the Chinese passengers. The passenger load factor on the flight from Shanghai reached nearly 100%.

The tickets on Transaero's flights on the St Petersburg- Shanghai route are available for purchase on the airline's website www.transaero.ru, at its ticket offices and at its agent offices.

The new flight has expanded the geography of Transaero's flights operated from the city of its origin - St Petersburg. The airline and management company of the airport Pulkovo - "Northern Capital Gateway" have been developing a strategic partnership since 2011.

Transaero operates the scheduled flight programme from St. Petersburg to the following cities during summer season:Scheduled flights:
Moscow, Vladivostok, Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Simferopol, Sochi, Khabarovsk, Heraklion, Rhodes, Larnaca, Pardubice, Beijing, Shanghai, Enfidha.

Charter flights:
Antalya, Dalaman, Burgas, Varna, Kerkira, Kos, Tivat, Hurghada and Sharm-el-Sheikh.