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Transareo signs MOU for 4 A380’s… with *700+* Seats

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Yes, you read that right. 700 seats.

Transareo – Russia’s 2nd largest airline – will be the first Russian airline to take delivery of Four Airbus A380’s according to airbus.com

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Transareo will be planning to operate these aircraft on long-haul routes from Moscow, in a 3 cabin layout seating about 700 passengers.

Olga Pleshakova, Transaero Airlines CEO says:
”Transaero is experienced in operating long-range wide-body aircraft, and is now ready to offer the A380. I am sure that the operation of this high capacity aircraft will stimulate the development of Russia’s aviation sector, in particular airports infrastructure while passengers will benefit from a completely new experience.”

Whilst Vladimir Putin may not like they’re not “Buying Russian”, the only larger plane that is Russian (or Russian Technology) is the AN-225 (and that’s Ukrainian at a push), and she’s a cargo bird.

Transaero operates 130 routes, and is a co-partner on the London Heathrow-Moscow DME run with British Midland International.

The only other operator who is considering such a mad configuration is Air Austral – who is planning a vision of Dante’s Inferno with 840 seats in an all-economy version of the plane.

If Transaero can make these numbers work, it’ll be interesting – but not my first choice of carrier with that sort of density aboard….

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  1. NYBanker says

    “If Transaero can make these numbers work, it’ll be interesting – but not my first choice of carrier with that sort of density aboard…”

    Regardless of their A380 seating configuration, I can’t see a scenario where Transaero is my choice of carrier. 😉

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