It seems Aeroflot has been busy doing analysis after banning alcohol sales on specific flights in Economy Class since February.
By doing this, they have managed to reduce on-board incidents related to intoxication.
Selection of the flights affected was done on flights that highest reported alcohol related incidents in the air. By banning alcohol sales in economy, unsurprisingly, these incidents have fallen away.
Therefore the “dry” routes which will be maintained for passenger safety :
International
- Bangkok
- Havana
- Shanghai
Domestic
- Khabarovsk
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
- Vladivostok
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Now, I’m all for a friendly drink in the air (as some of you may notice with my vodka and coke habit). But with alcohol comes responsibility. Something people forget when they’re on holiday, or off on a jolly.
Therefore I’m not surprised to see Aeroflot take this action if people are drinking with abandon, and not prepared to take the consequences, risking passenger safety and the safety of the crew.
So next time you’re flying on these routes, 1) enjoy a drink, but 2) don’t get try to get on the plane, blotted out of your mind….
