Russia's Nordwind Airlines gets Moscow-New York designation

Russia’s Nordwind Airlines has received approval for a Moscow-New York route. The carrier will replace Transaero Airlines, which went bankrupt in 2015. According to Russia’s federal air transport authority Rosaviatsia, the airline may perform up to 7X-weekly flights. In Oct 2015, Aeroflot Group received 56 out of 156 Transaero route designations, because Aeroflot had to carry most of Transaero’s passengers when the airline ceased operations. In April Aeroflot Group renounced 13 route designations, including Moscow-New York. Aeroflot said that it “wants to avoid dominating the market.” Nordwind Airlines started as a leisure charter company in 2008. In 2014 the airline announced it would enter the scheduled-flights market. Currently it performs scheduled flights at several domestic routes. <br/>