Go East: Blue Wings, a German Airline, starts scheduled flights to Russia

Press Release, 28 December 2007

Taking off early in the morning, landing later in the morning: From Saturday, 29 December 2007, Blue Wings, a German Airline offers scheduled flights to Moscow, capital of Russia, five times a week – on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Take-off is always at 6 a.m. in Dusseldorf, landing at 11 a.m. (local time) at the airport Scheremetjewo 1, at the comfortable Terminal C which has recently been built. In Moscow numerous connecting flights to eastern destinations will take off. Moreover, thanks to a new train connection between the airport and the centre of Moscow, which will be finished in summer 2008, travelling to the Russian capital will still get faster and more comfortable in future.

From 21 January 2008 a second Russian destination of Blue Wings will be added: Then the airline will also go to St. Petersburg three times a week.

Blue Wings operates modern Airbus A 320 family aircraft. Flights with Blue Wings mean flights with delight! In the business class passengers enjoy luxurious seats and highest comfort. The economy class also guarantees comfortable travelling: the space between the seats is noticeably larger than usually. Furthermore, inflight entertainment system and the board magazine ‘air’, which had won several awards, make travelling an entertaining pleasure.

Blue Wings AG, founded in 2002, has been offering flights from Dusseldorf airport since 2003, first mainly to Turkey on behalf of Öger Tours. In the summer of 2006 Blue Wings and Alpstream AG announced the purchase of 20 new Airbus A 320 and A 321 aircraft; they will be delivered over the years 2009-2011. Alpstream AG is one of the shareholders of Blue Wings and an affiliate of National Reserve Corporation, one of the leading investment companies in Russia. By starting scheduled flights, the airline, which has become known for its charter flights, is expanding its business model.

Scheduled flights to Moscow cost 99 Euro and up (plus tax and fees). They can be booked in the internet: www.bluewings.com

Questions concerning booking/flight offers of Blue Wings? Do not hesitate to contact our hotline: +49 (0) 211.421 680 60


Three Questions to Jörn Hellwig, CEO Blue Wings:

Mr Hellwig, up to now Blue Wings has been a classic Charter airline, which has mainly been flying to Turkey on behalf of Öger Tours . Why are you now also offering scheduled flights to Russia?

Jörn Hellwig: We are very content with the cooperation with Öger and we will still extend it. At the same time we are putting into action what we have long worked for. Russia is a highly attractive market with high growth rates.

First Blue Wings offers flights from Dusseldorf to Moscow and St. Petersburg. How important for you is the Rhine-Ruhr region?

Jörn Hellwig: Very important! On the one hand Dusseldorf airport is an attractive turnstile. On the other hand in North-Rhine-Westphalia there is a high concentration of business travellers who are flying in the East, especially to Moscow and St. Petersburg. We therefore meet a demand.

Which extensions of your offer of scheduled flights are planned for the short and medium term?

Jörn Hellwig: At the beginning we are concentrating on countries of the former Soviet Union. So for us one of the next destinations could be the Russian Sochi at the Black Sea, where in 2014 the Olympic Winter games will take place. Moreover in the Ukraine the towns of Kiev and - situated on the Crimea – Simferopol.


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