aeroflot (SU)

Aeroflot is broadening its summer horizons. The carrier is significantly increasing the number of daily flights from Moscow to Turkey's main tourist destinations. The airline is deploying a mixed fleet, including wide-body aircraft, to carry a growing stream of holidaymakers to the beaches of Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman. This expansion of the flight schedule is boosting activity at both departure and arrival airports. By optimising its time slots, Aeroflot is making it easier to set off on holiday and improving connectivity across its network. The carrier is thus adapting its capacity to attract summer travellers, while ensuring regular service to the Istanbul hub for connecting travellers. With this extensive deployment, Aeroflot is consolidating its presence in the Turkish market and establishing itself as a key player in sun-soaked holidays for the 2026 season.

Faced with these constraints, the airline is focusing its growth on long-haul destinations accessible to Russian travellers with strong tourism potential. The airline’s expansion plan therefore includes the resumption of direct flights to Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt, the relaunch of the Moscow–Colombo route to Sri Lanka, the launch of an air connection to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and new services to Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, as well as the opening of routes to Sanya, China. Aeroflot is also relying on the development of domestic maintenance capabilities to support its fleet, which consists primarily of Airbus and Boeing aircraft. At the same time, the airline is developing regional hubs (Saint Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Sochi) to offer more connections without routing through Moscow, while preparing to introduce the Russian twin-engine Yakovlev MC-21-310, which could eventually reduce its dependence on Western aircraft.