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"Continental Delays Launch Of Direct Flights To Moscow"


Tuesday December 7, 9:18 AM EST


MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) said Tuesday it plans to delay the launch of its direct flight from the U.S. to Russia until the second quarter of 2006.

The airline had said it planned to launch a nonstop flight between Newark, New Jersey, and Moscow in May 2005.

However it is taking longer to start business operations in Moscow than the company expected and the carrier has delayed its plans, said Nick Britton, a London-based spokesman for Continental.

Continental is set to become a second foreign carrier to operate direct flights between Russia and the U.S. Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Russia's flag carrier OAO Aeroflot (AFLT.RS) fly nonstop from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport to New York's Kennedy Airport. Aeroflot also has three weekly flights from Moscow to Los Angeles and Seattle, and two weekly flights to Washington via New York.

Britton couldn't specify which Moscow airport Continental will use or how many flights a week the airline would be flying between Moscow and Newark.

Aeroflot and Delta declined to give exact figures for passenger traffic between the U.S. and Moscow. However Dow Jones Newswires' estimates the number of travelers at between 200,000 and 300,000 a year, based on the size of the aircraft and the frequency of the flights the two airlines operate on the routes.

"The route is good, but it's rather thin," said Hans Wicks, Delta manager for Russia and the CIS. "It would be very difficult to expand traffic on this route."

Aeroflot declined to comment.

Yelena Sakhnova, an analyst at the United Financial Group forecast the number of people traveling between Russia and U.S. to grow and said the market will be big enough for three carriers.

"Continental will be able to find its niche on the market," she said.

Company Web site: http://www.continental.com

- Dow Jones Newswires -

[sarrebal]

In Origine postato da landingFCO
"Continental Delays Launch Of Direct Flights To Moscow"


Tuesday December 7, 9:18 AM EST


MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) said Tuesday it plans to delay the launch of its direct flight from the U.S. to Russia until the second quarter of 2006.

The airline had said it planned to launch a nonstop flight between Newark, New Jersey, and Moscow in May 2005.

However it is taking longer to start business operations in Moscow than the company expected and the carrier has delayed its plans, said Nick Britton, a London-based spokesman for Continental.

Continental is set to become a second foreign carrier to operate direct flights between Russia and the U.S. Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Russia's flag carrier OAO Aeroflot (AFLT.RS) fly nonstop from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport to New York's Kennedy Airport. Aeroflot also has three weekly flights from Moscow to Los Angeles and Seattle, and two weekly flights to Washington via New York.

Britton couldn't specify which Moscow airport Continental will use or how many flights a week the airline would be flying between Moscow and Newark.

Aeroflot and Delta declined to give exact figures for passenger traffic between the U.S. and Moscow. However Dow Jones Newswires' estimates the number of travelers at between 200,000 and 300,000 a year, based on the size of the aircraft and the frequency of the flights the two airlines operate on the routes.

"The route is good, but it's rather thin," said Hans Wicks, Delta manager for Russia and the CIS. "It would be very difficult to expand traffic on this route."

Aeroflot declined to comment.

Yelena Sakhnova, an analyst at the United Financial Group forecast the number of people traveling between Russia and U.S. to grow and said the market will be big enough for three carriers.

"Continental will be able to find its niche on the market," she said.

Company Web site: http://www.continental.com

- Dow Jones Newswires -

In effetti New York (e specialmente Brooklyn) sta diventando una seconda Russia. Sicuramente sono una delle comunita' piu' grandi (e continuano ad immigrare).
Il problema e' che molti Russi tecnicamente non possono tornare in Russia finche' non si regolarizzano (immigrazione illegale) o finche' non ottengono la cittadinanza americana (rifugiati politici, e sono la maggior parte).
Quindi la rotta regge per il traffico business. Il traffico VFR e' ancora limitato, o comunque non proporzionale ai numeri della comunita' russa.

Pero' da EWR CO potrebbe raccogliere molti altri Russi che stanno in altre parti d'America.

[FlyIce]

C'è molta domanda di voli tra la Russia e le varie città USA, il volo diretto c'è solo su NYC; tenete presenti questi due problemi:

1) i bilaterali limitano i voli diretti
2) le pratiche per il visto (onerose per i russi verso quasi tutti i paesi) limitano la possibilità per i russi di fare transiti verso l'USA !!!

Per gli stranieri i transiti in Europa verso la Russia non danno problemi.

Tutto questo causa un protezionismo "di fatto" per SU e poche altre compagnie Russe.

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In Origine postato da FlyIce
C'è molta domanda di voli tra la Russia e le varie città USA, il volo diretto c'è solo su NYC; tenete presenti questi due problemi:

1) i bilaterali limitano i voli diretti
2) le pratiche per il visto (onerose per i russi verso quasi tutti i paesi) limitano la possibilità per i russi di fare transiti verso l'USA !!!

Per gli stranieri i transiti in Europa verso la Russia non danno problemi.

Tutto questo causa un protezionismo "di fatto" per SU e poche altre compagnie Russe.

Si, ma la stima di traffico di DL e SU sulla rotta (tra 200,000 e 300,000) secondo me e' molto generosa. O perlomeno mooolto piu' vicina ai 200,000.
E anche il cargo non e' il massimo.
Esperienza personale: non abbiate mai a che fare con la dogana russa.
Meglio spedire via Finlandia o Lettonia/Lituania/Estonia.