AirGabon From Switzerland, joined Dec 2003, 852 posts, RR: 3 Posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2703 times:
Good news for Russia and for ANC and SEA photographers: Tu-204 is coming!
Vladivostok Air has received rights from DoT to operate service between Russia Far East and US West coast on 10JUL07. The application was filed on 23MAY07.
Vladivostok Air applied for permission to operate scheduled service to US from April 1, 2008, as well as charter service from any point(s) from Russia to any point(s) in US.
The Points from Russia it'll serve: Vladivostok (main base), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and in US: Anchorage and Seattle.
Flights will be 1 weekly each, using C8Y134 configuration onboard Tu-204. The airline may be using A320 as substitution. Projection of traveller on this flight annually is around 17000
Wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5532 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 2456 times:
That's great news for the Seattle area. I wonder if this will make our local news...we'll see. Also, hopefully, the method of purchasing tickets to Russia's far east will be far easier than when Mavial Magadan was flying to ANC. I'm looking forward to seeing Russian aircraft back in the US.
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12027 posts, RR: 43 Reply 2, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2387 times:
Sounds cool
Quoting AirGabon (Thread starter): Flights will be 1 weekly each, using C8Y134 configuration onboard Tu-204.
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15734 posts, RR: 48 Reply 4, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 2223 times:
Quoting Jimyvr (Reply 3): err, that's my post......back in May and the updates posted in my blog.....
Texan From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 4204 posts, RR: 53 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 2105 times:
AS used to run MD80s (I think) on routes similar to this back in the 90s. Flight would start in SEA and end in VVO. They also served Petropavlansk, Yuzhno, and Magadan. Always wanted to try out that flight, maybe one of these years...
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RwSEA From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 3017 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1935 times:
It's great to see the return of Russian aviation to ANC and SEA. I don't know much about ANC, but I know that SEA has a long history of Russian aviation with Aeroflot service to SVO and the Russian Far East. AS obviously had flights to Russia, as well as some of the "babyflots" that sprung up after the USSR dissolved. I was sad to see the last vestige of Russian aviation in Seattle leave when SU pulled their SEA-SVO service a few years back. Does anyone know if it will ever return?
EVA777SEA From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 467 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1926 times:
Quoting RwSEA (Reply 7): I was sad to see the last vestige of Russian aviation in Seattle leave when SU pulled their SEA-SVO service a few years back. Does anyone know if it will ever return?
Technically the didn't pull it, they suspended it. Infact, I believe they stated that they eventually did want to come back, I'm not sure on that though...
EVA777SEA From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 467 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1926 times:
Quoting RwSEA (Reply 7): I was sad to see the last vestige of Russian aviation in Seattle leave when SU pulled their SEA-SVO service a few years back. Does anyone know if it will ever return?
Technically they didn't pull it, they suspended it. Infact, I believe they stated that they eventually did want to come back, I'm not sure on that though...
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