Singapore Airlines And Transaero Airlines Sign Codeshare Agreement

18 July 2011 (Joint Release With Transaero Airlines) - Singapore Airlines and Transaero Airlines have concluded a codeshare agreement to expand the networks of both airlines.

The agreement was signed by Mr Joey Seow, Singapore Airlines’ Vice President Partnerships, and Transaero’s General Director, Ms Olga Pleshakova. The codeshare flights are available for sale from 18 July for travel from 1 August 2011.

Under the agreement, Singapore Airlines will add its code to Transaero-operated flights between the Russian capital Moscow and Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. Transaero will in turn add its code to Singapore Airlines-operated flights between Moscow and Singapore, and between Moscow and the US city of Houston.

Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President Marketing, Mr Tan Chik Quee, said: “We are delighted to announce this agreement with Transaero. It provides new travel choices in Russia for our customers on our well established partner airline. We are confident the tie-up will pave the way for more leisure and business travel by offering customers of both airlines more travel options via Moscow and Singapore.”

Ms Pleshakova added: ”We are very pleased about this new cooperation agreement with Singapore Airlines, one of the leading carriers in the world with internationally acclaimed top-quality service. There is no doubt that passengers from Singapore, Russia and other countries will appreciate the opportunity to arrange their trips on these new codeshare flights.”

Details of flight times and flight codes for the codeshare services are shown below. Customers are advised to check singaporeair.com or transaero.ru/en for updates to flight schedules.

About Singapore Airlines

When Singapore Airlines was formed in 1972, it operated a modest fleet of 10 aircraft to just 22 cities in 18 countries, most of which were in Asia. With a commitment to fleet modernisation, product and service innovation and market leadership, the Airline quickly distinguished itself as a world-class carrier. Today SIA is internationally recognised as the world’s leading airline and operates a modern passenger fleet of more than 100 aircraft. Its network, including Singapore Airlines Cargo and SilkAir destinations, covers 101 cities in 40 countries.

Singapore Airlines made aviation history in October 2007 as the first to fly the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380. This is synonymous with the carrier's efforts to be a leader in civil aviation. In 2004, it launched the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight between Singapore and New York (Newark) using the Airbus A340-500 aircraft.

About Transaero Airlines

Transaero Airlines is the second-largest passenger airline in Russia. Transaero launched its services in November, 1991. Transaero’s fleet consists of 64 modern aircraft, including sixteen Boeing 747s, eight Boeing 777s, thirteen 767s, twenty four 737s and three Tupolev 214s. Transaero has the largest long-haul fleet in Russia. It is the only carrier flying Boeing 777 and Boeing 747 passenger aircraft in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe.

Transaero serves more than 120 routes in Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Transaero maintains scheduled flights from hubs in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where its head office is located, from Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg. Transaero was the first Russian full service airline to introduce e-ticketing in March 2007 and the first in the country to offer Internet check-in for its passengers.

About Star Alliance

The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award, Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Air India, Avianca-TACA, Copa Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines have been announced as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers 21,000 daily flights to 1,160 airports in 181 countries.

1. SINGAPORE AIRLINES/TRANSAERO AIRLINES CODESHARE SERVICES

SQ and UN shall display their respective codes on services in respect of the following routes:

Singapore Airlines codeshare on flights operated by Transaero Airlines:

Between Moscow (DME) and Ekaterinburg (SVX)

Between Moscow (DME) and Novosibirsk (OVB)

Between Moscow (DME) and Samara (KUF)

Between Moscow (DME) and St Petersburg (LED)

Between Singapore (SIN) and Moscow (DME)

Between Moscow (DME) and Houston (IAH)

All times shown are local.

NOTE: 

DME Moscow Domodedovo Airport

SVX Ekaterinburg

OVB Novosibirsk

KUF Samara

LED St Petersburg

IAH Houston

SIN Singapore