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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
Hi there - flying from Europe to Hong Kong via Moscow with Aeroflot.
3-hour stop-over in Moscow. What's the airport like, your regular airport same as a thousand airports in the world??? Never flown via that part of the world, guess it's the same as South-East Asia and China? Want to avoid any unpleasant bribery/corruption issues while in transit (or did I see too many movies? Kris |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
"Kris" schreef in bericht ... Hi there - flying from Europe to Hong Kong via Moscow with Aeroflot. 3-hour stop-over in Moscow. What's the airport like, your regular airport same as a thousand airports in the world??? Never flown via that part of the world, guess it's the same as South-East Asia and China? Want to avoid any unpleasant bribery/corruption issues while in transit (or did I see too many movies? Moscow has more than one airport, but most likely you will use Sheremetsyevo 2, which is easily the worst and ugliest airport terminal in the world. Dark, smoky and generally unpleasant. But you will most likely survive those three hours, and just be glad that you will only be in transit because 1) immigration / passport control lines are horrible for arriving / departing passengers and 2) Moscow, IMHO, is a terrible city. Sjoerd |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
Thanx for the reply!
So I assume passengers in transit are not hassled by police, immigration,... and whoever else happens to be wearing a uniform? Can't wait to get back to Hong Kong so I guess I'll survive a terrible Russian airport. Kris On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:18:40 +0100, "Sjoerd" wrote: "Kris" schreef in bericht .. . Hi there - flying from Europe to Hong Kong via Moscow with Aeroflot. 3-hour stop-over in Moscow. What's the airport like, your regular airport same as a thousand airports in the world??? Never flown via that part of the world, guess it's the same as South-East Asia and China? Want to avoid any unpleasant bribery/corruption issues while in transit (or did I see too many movies? Moscow has more than one airport, but most likely you will use Sheremetsyevo 2, which is easily the worst and ugliest airport terminal in the world. Dark, smoky and generally unpleasant. But you will most likely survive those three hours, and just be glad that you will only be in transit because 1) immigration / passport control lines are horrible for arriving / departing passengers and 2) Moscow, IMHO, is a terrible city. Sjoerd |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
"Kris" schreef in bericht ... Thanx for the reply! So I assume passengers in transit are not hassled by police, immigration,... and whoever else happens to be wearing a uniform? No. No problems with officials when you are only in transit. Can't wait to get back to Hong Kong so I guess I'll survive a terrible Russian airport. Hong Kong is fantastic! Sjoerd |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
Kris wrote:
Hi there - flying from Europe to Hong Kong via Moscow with Aeroflot. 3-hour stop-over in Moscow. What's the airport like, your regular airport same as a thousand airports in the world??? I haven't been through there since '96 but at that time there was an Irish pub run by Irishmen. In other words, 'same as a thousand airports in the world'. :-) cheers, Henry |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
"Kris" wrote in message ... Thanx for the reply! So I assume passengers in transit are not hassled by police, immigration,... and whoever else happens to be wearing a uniform? Hardly. The staff can be very rude though. Sheremetyevo is a grand piece of ****. For stays of a couple of hours, it will do just fine. Prices for many services are horrific though. You can get refreshments cheaply at taxfree shops. |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
Kris wrote:
Hi there - flying from Europe to Hong Kong via Moscow with Aeroflot. 3-hour stop-over in Moscow. What's the airport like, your regular airport same as a thousand airports in the world??? Never flown via that part of the world, guess it's the same as South-East Asia and China? Want to avoid any unpleasant bribery/corruption issues while in transit (or did I see too many movies? Kris My parents flew to US by Aeroflot. THe flight was nice according to them but Aeroflot misplaced their luggage, it is almost impossible to get any sort of compensation out of them except a measly 50$ or something. They found the bags after one month and delivered them to me. But the flight from India - Moscow - US was much cheaper than other airlines. They got a free upgrade to business class on one leg too. |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
SD wrote in message ...
Amazing how many people think they have more than one life... and will risk flying an airline with a horrendous safety record to save a few bucks. jh My parents flew to US by Aeroflot. THe flight was nice according to them but Aeroflot misplaced their luggage, it is almost impossible to get any sort of compensation out of them except a measly 50$ or something. They found the bags after one month and delivered them to me. But the flight from India - Moscow - US was much cheaper than other airlines. They got a free upgrade to business class on one leg too. |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
"John" wrote in message om... SD wrote in message ... Amazing how many people think they have more than one life... and will risk flying an airline with a horrendous safety record to save a few bucks. jh You are pathetic. |
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What is Aeroflot / Moscow Airport like???
U¿ytkownik "Markku Grönroos" napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci ... "John" wrote in message om... SD wrote in message ... Amazing how many people think they have more than one life... and will risk flying an airline with a horrendous safety record to save a few bucks. jh You are pathetic. Aeroflot has very good safety records and IMHO is safer than any US airline .... -- Jacek |
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