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ALASKA-KAMCHATKA SERVICE 2012
Service Update
AEROFLOT-VLADIVOSTOK AIR MERGER
The acquisition of Vladivostok Air by Aeroflot Russian Airlines last year initiated the process of merging the companies' operations and service. The transition will complete on March 27th when Aeroflot takes over the sales and marketing of most of Vladivostok Air's established flights. All flights will continue to be operated with Vladivostok Air crew and aircraft. However, in reservations computers, you'll see Aeroflot flight numbers on such traditional Vladivostok Air routings as Vladivostok to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Khabarovsk, and from Tokyo to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. Also as a result of the merger, Vladivostok Air's popular route Tokyo (Narita) - Kamchatka, will not operate in 2012. Vladivostok Air tickets will not be valid for travel on Aeroflot after the transition date.
TICKET SALES
The Aeroflot-Vladivostok Air merger has necessitated some operational changes in this summer's Alaska-Kamchatka service. It is planned that the flights will be operated by Yakutia Air under a code-sharing agreement with Vladivostok Air, and are subject to Yakutia Air receiving US Department of Transportation authorization to serve the route. Schedules, pricing, and booking information will be made available upon receipt by Yakutia Air of authority to serve the route. Check for updates at AirRussia.US, or subscribe to our newsletter to be notified as soon as tickets go on sale.
InterPacific Aviation and Marketing, Inc. is the designated US representative for Vladivostok Air and Yakutia Air. Facilitating Yakutia Air's Department of Transportation approval and expediting the commencement of ticket sales is our highest priority. We are further dedicated to expanding the range of travel options for business and leisure travelers who need to get to Eastern Russia from North America through our growing alliance of Russian airlines and agents. Look for more information soon at our new travel portal. Details will be available soon to newsletter subscribers.

Photo: RAPP

Vladivostok Air is a proud sponsor of the Russian American Pacific Partnership. RAPP's 16th Annual meeting took place July 13-14, 2011, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. At lasted year's meeting, Vladivostok Air's Deputy General Director Dmitry Tyshchuk announced the airline's plans to resume Anchorage-Kamchatka service in the July, 2012. The venue for RAPP's 2012 meeting will be in the United States and is to be announced soon.
WE'VE MOVED!
Vladivostok Air's Representative Office in the US has moved. You may find us at the following address.
VLADIVOSTOK AIR AMERICA, INC.
World Trade Center East
2211 Elliott Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98121
TEL: (206) 443-1614
FAX: (206) 443-0954
E-MAIL:
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Eastern Russia is home to some of the world's most isolated and exotic ecosystems, and Vladivostok Air is the airline that can get you there. As a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association, Vladivostok Air America is dedicated to the development of sustainable adventure travel to such world-class destinations as the Kamchatka Peninsula, Lake Baikal and the Sikhote-Alyn Range, habitat of the endangered Amur tiger. |