Aeroflot facts for kids

An Airbus A319 of Aeroflot

Aeroflot is the national airline of the Russian Federation. It's one of the oldest airlines in the world. It has been flying for over a century.

History

Aeroflot began in 1923 in the Soviet Union. Much of Aeroflot's history was kept secret once the Cold War began and Aeroflot had to stop flying to the USA.

Throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Aeroflot and many Eastern Bloc airlines suffered many air crashes due to old and poor Russian airplanes. Those were the only ones Aeroflot and those airlines could use. However, Aeroflot was the world's largest airline until the 1980s. After the Soviet Union ended in 1991, Aeroflot began modernizing its fleet and buying more Western airplanes, like the Airbus A300 and Boeing 767. By 1991, Aeroflot started going to the United States. Aeroflot is member of aviation alliance SkyTeam. As of 2015, Aeroflot was flying to 150 cities in 52 countries.

Fleet

Images for kids

• 

  An early Soviet poster calling on citizens to buy stock in Dobrolyot

• 

  The Tupolev ANT-20bis was used for cargo flights from Moscow to Mineralnye Vody before World War II.

• 

  After its introduction in 1954, the Ilyushin Il-14 operated on Aeroflot's All-Union services.

• 

  Aeroflot became the first airline to operate the first regional jet, the Yakovlev Yak-40, in 1968.

• 

  An Aeroflot Mi-10 heavy lift helicopter seen at Groningen Airport in the early 1970s

• 

  Rossiya Airlines' Boeing 777-300 in the new livery lands at Pulkovo Airport in 2016. In November 2011 (2011-11), Aeroflot received 75% minus one share of Rossiya along with the shares of four other carriers.

• 

  Aeroflot headquarters are in the light yellow building, 10 Arbat Street, Moscow

• 

  Aeroflot Group current fleet size

• 

  Aeroflot Bonus logo

See also

In Spanish: Aeroflot para niños