AEROFLOT -RUSSIAN AIRLINES


Meaning of AEROFLOT -RUSSIAN AIRLINES in English

National airline of the former Soviet Union.

Founded in 1928 as Dobroflot, it was reorganized as Aeroflot in 1932. During the Soviet era Aeroflot was the world's largest airline, with about 15% of all civil air traffic. After the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, Aeroflot surrendered its monopoly over commercial air travel in the former Soviet states. It was renamed Aeroflot-Russian Airlines in June 2000.

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