Aeroflot
Proper noun
Meaning
Aeroflot
The largest airline in Russia.
Examples
All Russian airlines, with the exception of national airline Aeroflot, will stop flying to China, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said.
An early example of this was Japan Airlines' (JAL) codesharing partnership with Aeroflot in the 1960s on Tokyo – Moscow flights; Aeroflot operated the flights using Aeroflot aircraft, but JAL sold tickets for the flights as if they were JAL flights.
Incidents and accidents * On 16 November 1990, an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 flying from Tallinn to Moscow was hijacked during a domestic flight by a hijacker demanded to be taken to Sweden.
Other sniffer dog trials, such as one seen here by the Russian Aeroflot airline, have been carried out in other countries.
Kamov Ka-25K in Aeroflot markings at the 1967 Paris Air Show ;Ka-25K : Civilian flying crane helicopter with a gondola under the lengthened nose for controlling slung loads up to 2,000kg (4,400lb).
On reaching the office of Aeroflot in Connaught Place, an employee told the passengers that Aeroflot would only refund half the cost of the tickets and that flights booked through non-Aeroflot airlines would not be reimbursed at all.