Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (Russian: Аэрофлот – Российские авиалинии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофлот, Ajeroflót – Rossíjskie avialínii), is a Russian airline and the largest in Russia. The airline was established on February 9, 1923. Formerly owned airline also is the Soviet Union and the world’s largest airline company.
Base is at the International Airport Sheremetyevo in Moscow, Russia (with the main company is located at the Aerostar Hotel near the airport, in Moscow). Until 2009, Aeroflot flies to 97 goals in 42 foreign countries, and has brought a total of 5.9 million passengers.
In 2006, the airline joined the SkyTeam airline alliance. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the airline was transformed from a state enterprise into a mixture of carrier (semi-privatization), which makes the airline became one of the best financial Aeroflot is Russia’s national airline is expressed as a de facto.