Sibir Airlines

Pros: Pros: Good service; Domodedovo airport; mostly newer aircraft
Cons: Cons: lack of english; limited international network.

Sibir are one of the larger independent Russian airlines. They are based at Novosibirsk, in Siberia (hence the name!). Over the past couple of years they have expanded steadily then in 2002 they merged with the barely functional Vnukovo Airlines, a...

Pros: More comfortable planes are being introduced.
Cons: Still mostly old soviet style service!

On an early morning overlooking the black sea!On an early summer morning I found myself on my room's balcony of the Primorsky building at the 5 star Rus Resort Hotel overlooking the beautiful black sea on the resort strip ...

Pros: on time, decent food, OK service
Cons: aging Soviet craft, safety record?

I flew last time with them in summer 2006 between St.Petersburg and Novosibirsk (terrifyingly enough, this was after their Irkutsk crash). The aircraft was TU-154M, allegedly a more modern version of the old TU-154 model, but at least the one on the ...

Pros: Friendly. Newer planes. Decent service and surroundings. Domodedovo service.
Cons: No English.

I first flew Sibr from Domodedovo to Rostov-na-Danu. The prices were fair and the stewardess was nice, which is not really a given thing in Russia. However, they really dont speak or display any English unlike some other Russian airlines, so it may be difficult for foreigners without Russian language to use this airline.