Aeroflot Russian Airlines

Paid a low price for flight Paris-Tokyo (with a stopover at Moscow). First leg Paris-Moscow was very good. A new airbus with comfortable seats helpful and smiling staff full bar service and good food. No flight entertainment. Transfer at SVO was ok. Moscow-Tokyo was not delayed. While food and onboard staff were nice the plane a Boeing 767 was falling apart. Flight entertainment was a Russian dubbed copy of Home Alone in one of the few screens that would pop out here and there. The second leg was a brand new A330 with new seats individual screens more than 50 films to choose from full bar service and great food. Staff were friendly and English speaking. Great value for money and I strongly recommend it.

Amsterdam to Hanoi via Moscow. The first flight delayed an hour making me miss the connecting flight in Moscow to Hanoi. Had to spend the night in the airport hotel. The next day I had to fly to Beijing wait 5 hrs and finally catch my flight to Vietnam. All in all I was delayed 34 hrs. Onboard staff were not very friendly and their English pretty bad. The food was average and seats and inflight entertainment adequate for economy class.

LED-SVO and KZN-SVO-LED. All flights on A320 and A321 aircraft. Extremely comfortable seating onboard all flights. Cabin and flight deck crews seemed to have excellent English skills although all 3 flights were domestic Russian ones. Aircraft clean transfer at SVO extremely easy in a new facility. On each flight served a "lunch box" style snack with a croissant or sandwich and a carton of apple juice in addition to a full bar service. Punctual flights and quick baggage reclaim. I am a member of KLM's Flying Blue frequent flyer programme and the miles for these flights were added quickly within a few days of travel. Only issue was that the first flight had been rescheduled and only a telephone call to Aeroflot in Moscow could confirm this - they did not try to contact me first.

BCN-Moscow-Shanghai return. You really get what you pay for. The transfer at Sheremetyevo is not the most pleasant - old-fashioned counters rude staff with poor English skills. Onboard everything gets better - seat width and food is not that bad but you better bring music and books with you as entertainment is zero. Return flight much better on the newest Airbus A330 a long 10 hours flight. Luggage arrived intact. Altogether a great choice if you are on a budget.

JFK to Moscow to VVO. New Airbus planes in good condition. Efficient staff and interesting hot meals. All flights on time. Baggage handling in Moscow and Vladivostok was incredibly fast. Very satisfied.

BUD-SVO-KJA (roundtrip). Aeroflot inflight service was fine although staff could have been better trained and their English command was poor. Transfer in SVO is the Europe worst with the most confusing pointers impossibly slow passport control bizarre security check and no interest from staff to make the transfer more comfortable.

Brussels-Moscow-Tokyo return on A320 and Boeing 767-300ER. A very decent choice if you are on a budget the negative aspects of the travel being related to the airport. The crew did not smile much with poor English skills. Drinks and food came often on SVO-NRT. IFE is very poor on the 767-300.

HKG-SVO. Overall good flight but service could have been better for business class. Old looking cabin on A300. FA's older and quite reserved. No repeat servings and one had to ask for a drink refill. Catering good from HKG and meal very tasty. Seat comfort is ok but not designed for taller person. Priority luggage tags mean nothing with Aeroflot almost for sure your "priority" tagged luggage will show up last! Result was 55 mins wait at the luggage belt for delivery. SVO airport F terminal chaos at customs as usual.

Helsinki-SVO-Havana. The flight went surprisingly well the plane was new lots of entertainment options even a USB port below the screen. The staff were not smiling just like at Moscow airport. The flight was on time and 40% cheaper than others doing the same route.

London Heathrow-Tokyo via Moscow with A320 and B767 even though being informed that Moscow-Tokyo would be the latest A330. The meals throughout the flights were good with all hot meals. No entertainment (even music) available on A320. No individual monitor available on B767. Seat and cabin interior definitely need refurbishment. Even though seat on B767 was very tired it had deeper reclining and was softer than some of other airlines. The cabin crews were friendly. Will fly with them again.