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Aeroflot's arrival will increase the number of passengers on the route Tallinn-Moscow over 100,000
Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 29.10.2012.
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Print versionRussian aviation company Aeroflot started flying on the Tallinn-Moscow route after a gap of 16 years on Sunday and the Tallinn Airport hopes to increase the number of passengers travelling between the two capitals to 100,000 a year, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.
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Estonian Air and UTair also fly on the Tallinn-Moscow route.
Tallinn Airport boards member Erik Sakkov said that Aeroflot won't take away passengers from existing flights but should increase the market so that next year there would be more than 100,000 passengers on the route.
Sakkov said that the Aeroflot flight is not meant jut to bring Russian tourists to Estonia but could offer Finnair competition regarding Asian flights and Aerolflot's network also reaches to Africa and North America.
Tallinn Airport has by a third more flights this winter than last year and hopes to service 2.2 million passengers this year.
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