Aeroflot launches a new product - Business Pass. How to take into account a business pass for air tickets Aeroflot plane pass

Business pass. Do you know what it is? No, not a ticket for the metro and bus. This is a super offer for business people who urgently need to go to Moscow on business! - came up with AEROFLOT
The essence of the notion is this: a businessman pays in advance from 4 to 16 flights, acquiring a subscription for trips of the most expensive fare. As soon as he needs to go to the capital - please, the ticket is paid, come to the airport, the first plane will gladly provide its services.
True, the conditions for such luxury are quite strict: all 16 flights must be completed within 3 months, otherwise the remainder will not be returned, and besides, you can’t break the chain of flights - you flew out of St. Petersburg, please, come back by plane, God forbid freezing rain not by train or something else, otherwise everything, the ticket loses its validity.
- And if there are no seats on the plane? I'm reasonably worried.
- Of course not! Seats are always reserved for such passengers and this cannot be! - I was assured by a nice employee of Aeroflot, who sold me a wonderful ticket for 68 thousand rubles.
The fare depends on the number of trips.
4 flights, implementation period 15 days, cost 28 thousand rubles
16 flights, implementation period 3 months, cost 68 thousand rubles
For comparison: the cost of one flight without any conventions is 3,400 rubles
On my first trip, I ran into problems.
I flew to Moscow in the morning normally, because the first section when buying a travel card is booked for the exact date and time.
Having finished all my business in the capital, in the evening I got to Sheremetyevo. The self-check-in machine at the Belorussky railway station could not help - contact, he says, at the front desk.
I'm going to the counter. They say: "Go to the ticket office, you are not on the passenger lists" - of course not, how can they know that I am going to go home on this particular flight?
I go to the cashier, well, there is almost no queue.
- There are no seats for this flight! - the ticket office employee bats her eyes, obviously seeing such a travel card for the first time.
- Do something, I have a ticket with an open date of the highest fare and the toughest schedule, besides, I have a golden frequent flyer card, I need to fly away, I'm not going to sit at the airport until the morning, while on some of the next flights suddenly there will be a free seat! My worst fears are starting to come true.
Pause for forty minutes.
- I brought you in without a seat for a seat, run to check-in, if someone is late, they will put you in, if it doesn’t work out, come back, we will decide further ... - after agreeing with colleagues and talking with superiors on the phone on the "problem passenger" the cashier said.
I'm going to register. Here, too, have never encountered a similar ticket. Again clarifying calls to management. They issued a boarding pass for a luxurious seat 9E - in the middle, between passengers who were lucky enough to choose better seats for themselves - by the window and by the aisle.
Imagine that I got up at dawn (two days ago I discovered that it dawns in Berlin at half past eight in the morning, why do we have it at half past ten!?), I flew to Moscow in the morning, all day public transport and trotting around the objects, I didn’t even manage to have a bite to eat, there are no toilets either, the phone, having burst, squeaked for the last time and finally sat down.
I was driving to the airport, hoping to get to the lounge, where I have access as a frequent flyer, there were two hours left before departure, I would have time to charge the phone and answer the mail, and drink coffee or even something stronger, in short, to use services that are valued business people, for which this "convenient" ticket was invented.
There was no time left for anything, it took an hour and a half to resolve the issue at the box office and at the front desk. I run to the gate in order to be in time before the late passenger, otherwise he will suddenly appear and still have to fight for a seat.
We weren't upgraded to business class as the front desk clerk predicted.
To the right, by the window, a man in a suit with a large-format newspaper (when will newspapermen all switch to a laconic and transport-friendly format? Or do they think that their publications are read entirely in cigar clubs, comfortably lounging on a sofa?), on the left, by the aisle a large neighbor of an athletic / large physique. Do you know how men like to sit? They usually have something between their legs, so they spread their knees wider, providing more freedom to the loins, and their shoulders and back are the widest part of the body, so they confidently occupy the back of their chair with it, and with powerful biceps block part of the next one. That is, my middle place.
Tell me what did I do to deserve it? Don't I, as a golden member, have the right to choose a seat in the cabin? Can't I, as a passenger who paid for the ticket of the most expensive fare, and even IN ADVANCE, check in on my own and secure my comfort for the duration of the flight?
And what is the benefit of this pass? If there are seats, they will put me on the next flight. But if there are places, will I be able to buy the same place for money without having to fit into the burdensome, strict conditions of the subscription?
And if there are no seats, then you can’t buy it for money, or you can’t fly with a prepaid subscription. Sitting at the airport waiting for a flight with empty seats? And what then is the advantage over those who did not buy anything in advance and did not subscribe to any conditions and schedules?
Of course, I expect advice from readers involved in the aviation business, where to write and what to demand? How to defend your right to a place, faced with incompetent employees at the box office and at the check-in counters?
I'm interested to know what the authors of such a project thought?
How was the final cost of the product calculated?
Can I refuse a burdensome subscription, having found out in practice the failure of this innovation?
After all, Aeroflot declares a high quality of service and fights for the title of one of the best airlines in the world.

15.3.2011 JSC "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines"

Aeroflot launched New Product- "Business pass", designed for passengers who frequently fly between the two Russian capitals. "Business pass" is an electronic ticket for a certain number of trips.

The "Business Pass" is intended for flights between Moscow and St. Petersburg and may include 2, 4 or 8 trips in both directions (maximum 16 flight segments). The first trip on this pass can be carried out both from Moscow and St. Petersburg, then the use of the pass must be carried out in the order of the e-ticket coupons. The first flight segment must contain specific information about the flight, departure date, class of service and confirmed booking status. All subsequent segments are open. The passenger can make changes to the carriage an unlimited number of times and at any convenient time, but no later than one hour before the scheduled flight departure time, by contacting the Aeroflot information and booking center or the agent who issued the carriage.

A "Business Pass" can be issued for travel in business or economy class. You can buy a Business Pass at your own sales offices or through Aeroflot's agent network. The cost of the ticket depends on the number of flights purchased within its framework. The more flights, the lower the price of one segment. Transportation is possible only on Aeroflot's own flights and is issued only for an adult passenger. Members of the Aeroflot Bonus program and other loyalty programs of the SkyTeam alliance earn miles for each flight. More information about the Business Pass product can be found on the website.

How to reimburse travel expenses on a business trip by public transport, what documents an employee must present after a business trip, the article will tell.

Question: How to take into account the business travel card for air tickets. The receipt indicates the period, the total amount and VAT. It is not possible to determine the cost of each flight

Answer: According to information on the Aeroflot website, a business travel pass is a single ticket for several round-trip flights on a selected route (from 2 to 8). It turns out that the cost of each flight is the same. It is equal to the cost of a single ticket divided by the number of flights that can be made on this ticket. The cost of the trip is expensed as you use it. The fact of use is confirmed by the boarding pass.

Since electronic ticket receipts are strict reporting forms, reflect the purchase of a single electronic ticket on account 50.3 “Travel tickets” (,). In accounting, when paying for a business ticket, make the following entries:

- reflects the cost of a business ticket;

Debit 19 Credit 60

VAT is allocated from the cost of a business ticket.

The issuance of a business ticket to an employee and return reflect the postings:

- issued a business ticket to an employee;

- returned business ticket by an employee.

Write off the cost of the ticket when the employee used it. The use of a business ticket confirms the boarding pass. On the date of approval of the advance report in accounting, make a posting:

- the cost of the flight on a business ticket was written off as expenses;

Debit 68 Credit 19

Accepted for deduction of VAT from the cost of the flight (in the book of purchases, register the printed receipt of the ticket).

For income tax purposes, the cost of a business ticket also includes other costs associated with production and (or) sale, as the ticket is used (Article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).

"Business Pass"

Tariff product "Business pass"*

Especially for those passengers who regularly fly on the airline's flights, we offer a convenient tariff product "Business Pass". You can take advantage of the offer on the following directions:

Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Nizhnekamsk, Perm, Ufa, Krasnodar, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk, St. Petersburg - Krasnodar, St. Petersburg - Kaliningrad, Kazan - Frankfurt am Main, St. Petersburg - Sochi - St. Petersburg.

A "Business Pass" is a "single" ticket for several round-trip flights on a selected route (from 2 to 8).*

The cost of the "Business Pass" depends on the number of round-trip flights purchased, class of service and direction.

You book the first flight for a specific date and flight, while the rest of the flights remain open and you can book them for any flight convenient for you (subject to availability of seats at your fare) by calling the Aeroflot PJSC contact center, as well as by contacting the office of your own sales by Aeroflot PJSC or to the agency that issued the Business Pass no later than 1 hour before the scheduled flight departure time.

Your first flight using the Business Travel Pass can be carried out both from Moscow and from the cities: Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Samara, Volgograd, Nizhnekamsk, Perm, Ufa, Krasnodar, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk , Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk. Further use of the "Business Pass" is carried out in the order of the flight sections of the "Business Pass".

Each flight under the Business Pass can only be used on a round-trip itinerary, itinerary sequencing is not allowed.* That is, before booking a flight back, you need to book and fly a round-trip, depending on the city of your choice to start transportation. If you booked an outbound flight but did not use it, your return flight reservation will be cancelled.

Booking changes under the Business Pass are allowed.

The return of a ticket within the framework of the Business Pass program is made at the place of its purchase.

The return of a completely unused e-ticket is carried out within the framework of its validity.

When returning a partially used ticket, the paid fare amount is refunded minus the cost of the actually performed transportation, calculated according to the fares of the Premium group in the same booking class (round-trip or one-way).

When returning a Business Pass purchased in the economy class of service, a fee of 1,500 rubles is withheld for transportation between points in the European part of the Russian Federation; 35 euros for transportation between points of the Russian Federation and Europe; 2500 rubles for transportation between points of the European part of the Russian Federation and points of the Russian Federation in Asia, as well as between points of the Russian Federation in Asia.

Members of the Aeroflot Bonus program and other loyalty programs of the SkyTeam alliance are awarded miles for each flight in business and economy class in accordance with the rules of the Aeroflot Bonus program .

It is allowed to provide passengers with a Business Pass in economy class, paid service for an increase in service class at the check-in stage.

Carriage with a Business Pass is allowed on regular flights of Aeroflot PJSC, except for flights SU3000-4999.

You can purchase a "Business pass" on the website, at your own sales offices in the Russian Federation and abroad, as well as from the airline's agents.

How to reimburse travel expenses on a business trip by public transport

What documents should an employee present after a business trip if he bought electronic train or plane tickets

If an employee bought an electronic ticket, upon returning from a business trip, he must confirm the payment for the ticket and boarding.

Ticket payment is confirmed by one of the following documents:*

cash register check;

slips, checks of electronic terminals when carrying out transactions using bank card, the holder of which is the seconded employee;

confirmation by the bank of the transaction for payment of the electronic ticket;

another document confirming the payment for the trip, which is drawn up on an approved strict accountability form.

Supporting documents on strict reporting forms:

itinerary/receipt for air transport ();*

control coupon of an electronic ticket for railway transport
(clause 2 of the order of the Ministry of Transport of August 21, 2012 No. 322);

receipt of an electronic multi-purpose document for all types of passenger transport (clause 2 of the order of the Ministry of Transport dated 18.05.2010 No. 116).

The trip is confirmed by a printout of an electronic ticket on paper and a boarding pass for air travel* (control coupon for rail transportation). The documents must contain the details that allow identifying the employee's travel on a business trip. In particular, the boarding pass for the aircraft must indicate:

surname and initials;

departure date;

flight number;

the time when boarding for the flight ended;

boarding gate number;

aircraft seat number;

inspection stamp.

If an employee has lost a boarding pass or does not have a screening stamp on it, the costs will be confirmed by a certificate from the air carrier or its representative. Check that the certificate contains the full name of the employee, route, flight number, seat number, ticket price, flight date, etc. (Letters of the Ministry of Finance dated 10/09/2017 No. , dated May 18, 2015 No. 03-03-06/2/28296, dated June 6, 2012 No. 03-03-06/4/61).

If an electronic ticket or certificate for foreign language, we also need a translation of the main details into Russian. Please note that the main details of the air ticket (month of the date of flight departure, name and (or) codes of airports/points of departure and destination, currency code and form of payment) are indicated by a Latin code from the Unified International Codifier. The list of codifiers can be found on the official website of the Ministry of Transport under the heading "Aviation" (Documents / Ministry of Transport / Aviation). If the fields in the e-ticket in a foreign language match the details of the codifier, do not translate the values ​​into Russian. Similar clarifications are in the letters of the Federal Tax Service dated 06/07/2011 No. ED-4-3 / 8983, dated 04.26.2010 No. ShS-37-3 / 656. In other cases, to confirm the expenses, please attach a translation of the main details of the ticket or certificate into Russian.

How to issue a translation of documents into Russian, see What documents need to be issued when an employee returns from a business trip.

Attention: to deduct VAT on electronic tickets, check that the itinerary/receipt is on an approved strict reporting form with a dedicated tax amount (clause and article 172 of the Tax Code). The same requirement for control coupons of electronic tickets, receipts of electronic multi-purpose documents.*

How to account for the cost of purchasing tickets for public transport

How to reflect the purchase of travel tickets for employees in accounting

Reflect the amount of compensation on account 73 "Settlements with personnel for other operations." When calculating compensation, make a note:

Debit 26 (44, 08…) Credit 73
- Reimbursement of expenses related to the purchase of travel tickets.

Do the wiring itself at the moment when you decide to pay compensation. For example, on the date of the order of the head of the organization, which will be the basis for compensation.

Record compensation as follows:

Debit 73 Credit 50
- Paid ticket.

When issuing cash from the cash desk, draw up an expenditure cash order in the form No. KO-2approved by the Decree of the State Statistics Committee of Russia dated August 18, 1998 No. 88.

If an organization purchases tickets centrally (by bank transfer or through an accountable person), then tickets must be credited to the balance before issuing them to employees. Travel tickets are monetary documents. Therefore, in accounting, reflect their receipt on account 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" (Instructions for the chart of accounts):

Debit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" Credit 60 (76)
- travel tickets purchased from a transport agency are credited to the cash desk;

Debit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" Credit 71
- travel tickets purchased through an accountable person were credited to the cash desk (on the basis of an advance report).

The issuance of travel tickets to employees and their return reflect the postings:

Debit 71 Credit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents"
- issued a ticket to an employee;

Debit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" Credit 71
- the ticket was returned by the employee.

Write off the ticket price when:

employee used it. For example, write off a metro ticket with a limit of 60 trips when all trips are used up;

expired. For example, a subway ticket with a limit of 60 trips has expired. Write off the full price of the ticket, regardless of whether all trips were actually used or not.

But before the date when the employee returns the travel card, its cost cannot be written off.

Do this when you run out of trips or expire. But not before the date when the employee will return the pass.

In accounting, make a posting:

Debit 26 (44 ...) Credit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents"
- deducted the cost of used tickets.

An example of the reflection in accounting of expenses for the purchase of travel tickets for employees

March 1 LLC "Trading firm" Hermes ", through an accountable person, acquired a single ticket for 60 trips worth 1300 rubles. According to the rules established by the organization, purchased tickets are stored at the cash desk of the organization and are issued to employees when they travel around the city for official purposes.

The list of employees who have the right to use travel tickets is approved by order of the head of the organization. The Hermes cashier records the issuance and return of travel tickets in a special statement. At the end of the validity period of tickets, their cost is written off as expenses.

On March 1, an employee of the organization A.S. Kondratiev was issued a ticket. The employee returned the used ticket at the end of the month.

The following entries are made in the organization's books.

Debit 71 Credit 50
- 1300 rubles. - issued against a report for the purchase of a monthly ticket (on the basis of an expense cash warrant);

Debit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" Credit 71
- 1300 rubles. - the ticket was credited to the cash desk (on the basis of the advance report);

Debit 71 Credit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents"
- 1300 rubles. - issued a ticket to an employee.

Debit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents" Credit 71
- 1300 rubles. - the ticket was returned by the employee;

Debit 44 Credit 50-3 sub-account "Travel documents"
- 1300 rubles. - the cost of the used ticket has been written off.*

income tax

How to take into account the purchase of travel tickets for employees when calculating income tax

The procedure for calculating income tax when paying for travel to employees depends on:

whether the traveling nature of the work is established for the employee who is paid for travel;

whether payment for travel to an employee is provided for in the labor (collective) agreement.

traveling work

For the calculation of taxes on reimbursement of travel expenses for employees who have been assigned the traveling nature of work, see How to issue and reflect in accounting and taxation compensation for the traveling nature of work.

If the organization purchases tickets centrally (by bank transfer or through an accountable person), include the cost in other expenses in the period when:

the employee used the ticket. For example, write off a metro ticket with a limit of 60 trips when all trips are used up;

its validity has expired. For example, a subway ticket with a limit of 60 trips has expired. Write off the full price of the ticket, regardless of whether all trips were actually used or not.

At the same time, the cost of tickets must be economically justified and documented ().*

Not traveling work

If the organization pays for travel for employees who have not established the traveling nature of work, consider the cost of travel tickets as other expenses (subclause 49, clause 1, article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation). The fact is that this payment has the same economic entity, as in compensation for the traveling nature of the work. And this compensation relates to other expenses (letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated August 18, 2008 No. 03-03-05 / 87, brought to tax authorities letter of the Federal Tax Service of Russia dated September 10, 2008 No. ШС-6-3/643).*

How to keep a shopping book

Situation: how to register an electronic ticket in the purchase book, in which the amount of VAT is allocated. The ticket was purchased through an intermediary who is not a VAT payer

In the shopping book, register the printed itinerary/receipt of the air ticket or the control coupon of the railway ticket. Information about the intermediary in the book of purchases does not need to be indicated.

The current rules make it possible to deduct VAT on travel expenses on the basis of a strict reporting form, if the tax amount is allocated in it (clause 7, article 171, clause 1, article 172 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation). Types of BSO confirming fare payment are named in the orders of the Ministry of Transport of Russia dated November 8, 2006 No. 134, dated August 21, 2012 No. 322. These are the following forms:

Itinerary/receipt of an electronic passenger ticket and baggage check (extract from an automated information system registration of air transportation);
- control coupon of an electronic travel document (ticket) (extract from automated system management of passenger transportation on railway transport).

On the basis of such documents, it is possible to deduct the amount of VAT allocated in them (clause 18 of section II of Appendix 4 to the Procedure approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2011 No. 1137, letters of the Ministry of Finance of Russia of January 30, 2015 No. 03-07 -11/3522, July 30, 2014 No. 03-07-11/37594, January 10, 2013 No. 03-07-11/01, January 12, 2011 No. 03-07-11/07) .

You can use the deduction in the quarter in which the employee made an advance report on a business trip and indicated travel documents in it (letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia dated May 20, 2008 No. 03-07-11 / 197).

When registering e-tickets in the purchase book, consider the following feature. Transport agents sell tickets on behalf of the carrier or the carrier's representative. For example, railway tickets for passenger transportation are sold by the carrier JSC FPC. Intermediaries distributing tickets for air and rail transportation cannot act on their own behalf. Therefore, the names and details of such intermediaries are not reflected in the tickets. Therefore, information about them does not need to be indicated in the purchase book.

A detailed procedure for filling in the relevant columns of the purchase book is given in the table.

An example of registration in the book of purchases of electronic tickets

In the organization, two employees were sent on business trips. A.S. Kondratiev - in Saratov, V.N. Volkov - in Yekaterinburg.

At the end of the business trips, the employees submitted advance reports:
- A.S. Kondratiev - 21 October. To the advance report, he attached the control coupon of the electronic ticket No. ГП7655318 985322 dated October 17 in the amount of 5600 rubles. (including VAT - 854.24 rubles). The ticket was purchased and paid for through the website of the transport agent. Ticket seller - FPC JSC;
- V.N. Volkov - 23 October. To the advance report, he attached an itinerary/receipt of an electronic passenger ticket No. 262 24017991410 dated October 18 in the amount of 17,500 rubles. (including VAT - 2669.49 rubles). The ticket was purchased and paid for at the ticket office of the transport agent. The ticket seller is Ural Airlines JSC.

The accountant registered these documents in the purchase book.

Situation: how to register a round-trip air ticket in the purchase book. The ticket shows two carriers, the total cost of transportation and total VAT

Register the printed ticket receipt in one line in the shopping book. In column 9, enter the names of the two air carrier companies.

On the basis of such a receipt of an electronic passenger ticket, the input VAT can be deducted. After all, the tax in it is highlighted in a separate line. The fact that the ticket contains the total cost of the round-trip flight without a breakdown by airline does not matter.

Register the air ticket receipt in the purchase book without the name and details of the intermediary. In column 9, enter the names of the two air carrier companies. This option does not contradict the Rules approved by Section II of Appendix 4 to

Organization "Alpha" sent on a business trip to Yekaterinburg A.S. Kondratiev.

At the end of the trip, Kondratiev presented an advance report. He attached to the advance report a printed receipt of an electronic passenger ticket No. 26224017991410 dated October 18. The ticket was purchased and paid for at the ticket office of the transport agent.

Carriers:

Moscow - Yekaterinburg - JSC "Ural Aviators";

Yekaterinburg - Moscow - JSC "Aeroflotiliya".

The ticket indicates the total cost of the round-trip flight - 17,500 rubles. (including VAT - 2669.49 rubles).

Alfa's accountant registered this receipt in the purchase book.*

Is it possible to take into account the cost of a common travel

The company provides repair services household appliances. Masters go to different parts of the city. We bought three travel tickets for everyone, and employees take turns using them. Is it possible to recognize expenses in tax accounting?

Yes, you can. But you need documents with which you confirm the business purpose of the trips.

Get a journal or statement and fix the trips of the masters in them. Develop the form of the journal yourself (part 4 of article 9 of the Federal Law of December 6, 2011 No. 402-FZ). Develop rules about who in the company buys travel tickets, where and who keeps them, which employees and for what they can use them. Approve by order of the director the regulation on traveling work in the company. Attach to this document a list of positions with a traveling nature of work (part 6 of article 168.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

A company that has all these documents has the right to write off the cost of general travel for other expenses (subclause 49, clause 1, article 264 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation). This was confirmed to us in the Ministry of Finance.*

Answered by Alexander Sorokin,

Deputy Head of the Operational Control Department of the Federal Tax Service of Russia

“CCP should be used only in cases where the seller provides the buyer, including its employees, with a deferral or installment plan for paying for their goods, works, services. It is these cases, according to the Federal Tax Service, that relate to the provision and repayment of a loan to pay for goods, work, and services. If an organization issues a cash loan, receives a return of such a loan, or itself receives and repays a loan, do not use the cash desk. When exactly you need to punch a check, look at

March 15, 2011, Moscow– Aeroflot has launched a new product, Business Pass, designed for passengers who frequently fly between the two Russian capitals. "Business pass" is an electronic ticket for a certain number of trips.

The "Business Pass" is intended for flights between Moscow and St. Petersburg and may include 2, 4 or 8 trips in both directions (maximum 16 flight segments). The first trip on this pass can be carried out both from Moscow and St. Petersburg, then the use of the pass must be carried out in the order of the e-ticket coupons. The first flight segment must contain specific information about the flight, departure date, class of service and confirmed booking status. All subsequent segments are open. The passenger can make changes to the carriage an unlimited number of times and at any convenient time, but no later than one hour before the scheduled flight departure time, by contacting the Aeroflot information and booking center or the agent who issued the carriage.

A "Business Pass" can be issued for travel in business or economy class. You can buy a Business Pass at your own sales offices or through Aeroflot's agent network. The cost of the ticket depends on the number of flights purchased within its framework. The more flights, the lower the price of one segment. Transportation is possible only on Aeroflot's own flights and is issued only for an adult passenger. Members of the Aeroflot Bonus program and other loyalty programs of the SkyTeam alliance earn miles for each flight. More information about the Business Pass product can be found on the website www.aeroflot.ru.

Aeroflot is the leader of Russian air transport, a member of the SkyTeam global aviation alliance. The total route network includes 898 points in 169 countries. In 2010, it transported 11.3 million people, Aeroflot Group - about 14.07 million.

Aeroflot ranked first in passenger service in economy class on short and medium flights, as well as in business class on long-haul flights among European members of the SkyTeam alliance. Aeroflot's leading positions were determined based on marketing research SkyTeam Onboard Survey for April-September 2009.

Aeroflot ranked among the top 25 airlines in the world according to Air Transport World magazine in accordance with the results of financial and economic activity in 2009 (categories "operating profit" and "net profit")

Aeroflot was the first Russian carrier to enter the register of IOSA operators and constantly confirms this certificate. The airline has successfully passed the ISAGO ground handling safety audit. Has a single certificate of compliance with the requirements ISO standard 9001:2008.

Aeroflot has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in Europe, which has 101 aircraft. Aeroflot is based in Moscow at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Details on the website www.aeroflot.ru.

Department of Public and Government Relations

Business pass. Do you know what it is? No, not a ticket for the metro and bus. This is a super offer for business people who urgently need to go to Moscow on business! - came up with AEROFLOT

The essence of the notion is this: a businessman pays in advance from 4 to 16 flights, acquiring a subscription for trips of the most expensive fare. As soon as he needs to go to the capital - please, the ticket is paid, come to the airport, the first plane will gladly provide its services.

True, the conditions for such luxury are quite tough: all 16 flights must be completed within 3 months, otherwise the remainder will not be returned, and besides, you can’t break the chain of flights - you flew out of St. Petersburg, please, come back by plane, God forbid freezing rain not by train or something else, otherwise everything, the ticket loses its validity.

What if there are no seats on the plane? I'm reasonably worried.

Of course not! Seats are always reserved for such passengers and this cannot be! - I was assured by a nice employee of Aeroflot, who sold me a wonderful ticket for 68 thousand rubles.

The fare depends on the number of trips.

4 flights, implementation period 15 days, cost 28 thousand rubles

16 flights, implementation period 3 months, cost 68 thousand rubles

For comparison: the cost of one flight without any conventions is 3,400 rubles

On my first trip, I ran into problems.

I flew to Moscow in the morning normally, because the first section when buying a travel card is booked for the exact date and time.

Having finished all my business in the capital, in the evening I got to Sheremetyevo. The self-check-in machine at the Belorussky railway station could not help - contact, he says, at the front desk.

I'm going to the counter. They say: "Go to the ticket office, you are not on the passenger lists" - of course not, how can they know that I am going to go home on this particular flight?

I go to the cashier, well, there is almost no queue.

There are no seats for this flight! - the ticket office employee bats her eyes, obviously seeing such a travel card for the first time.

Do something, I have a ticket with an open date of the highest fare and the tightest schedule, besides, I have a gold frequent flyer card, I need to fly away, I am not going to sit at the airport until morning until I next flights suddenly there will be a free seat! My worst fears are starting to come true.

Pause for forty minutes.

I brought you in without a seat for a seat, run to check-in, if someone is late, they will put you in, if it doesn’t work out, come back, we will decide further ... - after agreeing with colleagues and talking with the authorities on the phone on the "problem passenger" said cashier.

I'm going to register. Here, too, have never encountered a similar ticket. Again clarifying calls to management. They issued a boarding pass for a luxurious seat 9E - in the middle, between passengers who were lucky enough to choose better seats for themselves - by the window and by the aisle.

Imagine that I got up at dawn (two days ago I discovered that it dawns in Berlin at half past seven in the morning, why is it at half past ten in our country!?), flew to Moscow in the morning, took public transport all day and trotted through the objects, to have a bite to eat I didn’t even succeed, there are no toilets either, the phone, breaking off, squeaked for the last time and finally sat down.
I was driving to the airport, hoping to get to the lounge, where I have access as a frequent flyer, there were two hours left before departure, I would have time to charge the phone and answer the mail, and drink coffee or even something stronger, in short, to use the services that are appreciated by business people, for whom this "convenient" ticket was invented.

There was no time left for anything, it took an hour and a half to resolve the issue at the box office and at the front desk. I run to the gate in order to be in time before the late passenger, otherwise he will suddenly appear and still have to fight for a seat.

We weren't upgraded to business class as the front desk clerk predicted.
To the right, by the window, a man in a suit with a large-format newspaper (when will newspapermen all switch to a laconic and transport-friendly format? Or do they think that their publications are read entirely in cigar clubs, comfortably lounging on a sofa?), on the left, by the aisle a large neighbor of an athletic / large physique. Do you know how men like to sit? They usually get in the way between their legs, so they spread their knees wider, providing more freedom to the loins, and their shoulders and back are the widest part of the body, so they confidently occupy the back of their chair with it, and with powerful biceps block part of the next one. That is, my middle place.

Tell me what did I do to deserve it? Don't I, as a golden member, have the right to choose a seat in the cabin? Can't I, as a passenger who paid for the ticket of the most expensive fare, and even IN ADVANCE, check in on my own and secure my comfort for the duration of the flight?

And what is the benefit of this pass? If there are seats, they will put me on the next flight. But if there are places, will I be able to buy the same place for money without having to fit into the burdensome, strict conditions of the subscription?

And if there are no seats, then you can’t buy it for money, or you can’t fly with a prepaid subscription. Sitting at the airport waiting for a flight with empty seats? And what then is the advantage over those who did not buy anything in advance and did not subscribe to any conditions and schedules?

Of course, I expect advice from readers involved in the aviation business, where to write and what to demand? How to defend your right to a place, faced with incompetent employees at the box office and at the check-in counters?

How was the final cost of the product calculated?

Can I refuse a burdensome subscription, having found out in practice the failure of this innovation?

After all, Aeroflot declares a high quality of service and fights for the title of one of the best airlines in the world.