Aeroflot, and St Petersburg Russia

Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?
Any suggestions for hotels in ST Petersburg within walking distance of
nightlife?
We would like to take the train from St Pete back to Moscow....anyone
have experience with this?

"elliot" skrev i meddelandet
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Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?
A once in a lifetime experience ! As Egyptair and others.
Stayed over night in the Aeroflot hotel,Moscow, and having seen the
drinking habits,plenty of wine and vodka for the next day crews, I was quite
sure to never trust them anymore whether they've improved or not.
Last year Russian airlines, although having a fraction of the traffic,
counted for 50% of the safety remarks on airlines at Stockholm Arlanda
airport in 2003, 20% so serious so they were grounded. Aeroflot not
mentioned but one of the worse was Pulkovo air.
You may also compare on
http://www.airsafe.com/events/regions/europe.htm
and http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/fsu.htm
You'll find a number of other reliable airlines flying to St Peter and
Moscow.

(elliot) crawled to the nearest keyboard and
summoned the courage to write:

Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?

Have never used them and I've heard so many horror stories from
colleagues who have that I don't intend to.



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"The Great Satan put electricity in my toothpaste."

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 00:23:04 GMT, (Charles
Hawtrey) wrote:

(elliot) crawled to the nearest keyboard and
summoned the courage to write:

Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?

Have never used them and I've heard so many horror stories from
colleagues who have that I don't intend to.


Well I have use them and they were alright. But one thing I notice on
the way back (but no problem since my wife was russian she brought it
back few days later instead.) That cause I was 5KG over weight they
wanted to charge 3% per KG of the full first class ticket rate. But
the Russians, did not have to pay it seems. Also most people on the
plane both there and back were russians. Also my wife who has been on
there if you are going during school holidays you get alot of families
on it. Whereas on British Airways it is mainly business people. If
you are a veggie also Aeroflot is not very good. (from my wife.) The
problem with British airways is it does not fly into the main airport
anymore, if you know UK at all. It fly the UK equiv of Stanstead.
Whereas Aeroflot fly into heathrow. (not in UK but in russia.)

One last thing about safetly, it might be less or more, but one thing
which you can look at, is that it will be in fact "SAFER". Cause
British, Italian, american, Spanish, Australian, Japanese, airlines
are a bigger target for terrorism whereas the Russian one is not cause
of the war in Iraq.
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(elliot) wrote in message ...
Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?
Any suggestions for hotels in ST Petersburg within walking distance of
nightlife?
We would like to take the train from St Pete back to Moscow....anyone
have experience with this?

What you have heard is of course a rumour only. Every company on earth
that do international flights have to fulfill exactly the same
standards in order to get a permission to land at an international
airport.

When it comes to the coffee and the stewardesses body, you can of
course experience differing standards.

Have a nice flight,

Jan

Charles Hawtrey schrieb:

(elliot) crawled to the nearest keyboard and
summoned the courage to write:

Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?

Have never used them and I've heard so many horror stories from
colleagues who have that I don't intend to.


I think you need to distinguish between Aeroflot International and the
Babyflots that fly internal routes.


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"The Great Satan put electricity in my toothpaste."

(elliot) wrote in message ...
Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?

I've flown Aeroflot 15-20 times and never had a single problem. In the
last few years, they have transformed into an average western airline.
They don't even allow smoking anymore.

Any suggestions for hotels in ST Petersburg within walking distance of
nightlife?
We would like to take the train from St Pete back to Moscow....anyone
have experience with this?

Buying tickets at the station can be somewhat problematic if you don't
speak russian. Better to ask your travel agent if you can book them in
advance, and get very detailed information on exactly where to pick
them up.

Bjorn

Now about St Petersburg, anyone been there, have any advice on hotels?

(elliot) wrote in message ...
Now about St Petersburg, anyone been there, have any advice on hotels?


HI st. petersburg hostel (ph: 329 8018)

Hotel oktyabtskaya (PH 277 6330, at logovsky prospekt 10) other is
Oktyabrsky Filial (PH 277 7281)

"Bjorn Olsson" wrote in message
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(elliot) wrote in message
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Planing oon using Aeroflot toMoscow and St Petersburg. \
Anyone have any problems using Aeroflot?

I've flown Aeroflot 15-20 times and never had a single problem. In the
last few years, they have transformed into an average western airline.
They don't even allow smoking anymore.

We had once a minor problem on a flight from Moscow to Helsinki. Perhaps
something on Tupolev's landing gear or on meters. However, we took up twice
above the runaway unless we finally landed. We spent some 25-30 minutes
meandering above Eastern Helsinki, Sipoo, Vantaa and the sea. The airstrip
side was cleared from ambulances while we were losing speed on the tarmac.
The non-smoking flights are most welcomed naturally. Ruskkies ARE chain
smokers.