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Pobeda Airlines opened the sale of tickets for the World Cup: they turned out to be more expensive than Aeroflot's
Low-cost carrier Pobeda was the last to start selling tickets for the summer season of 2018. After the start of sales, it turned out that the tickets of the low-cost carrier during the World Cup turned out to be more expensive than those of Aeroflot.
- The cheapest Pobeda ticket from Moscow to Volgograd during the 2018 World Cup costs from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles, depending on the date of the trip. At Aeroflot, tickets for all days of the 2018 World Cup start at 3,300 rubles. Pobeda will fly to Yekaterinburg for 4,000-7,000 rubles, Aeroflot - from 3,753 rubles, and to Rostov for 4,500-6,000 rubles. It will be cheaper to fly with Pobeda only in Sochi - 4,000-7,000 rubles compared to 6,400-10,000 for Aeroflot.
- Other Russian airlines are still more expensive than Pobeda: S7 tickets to Volgograd start at 9,000 rubles, and to Samara - from 7,500 rubles.
- But on flights to cities where World Cup matches are not played, Pobeda will carry for 499 rubles.
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In recent months, airfare on the days of the World Cup has grown 6 times, so the government decided to intervene in the situation. Vladimir Putin asked Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savelyev to look into the situation, and at the end of December the airline announced that it would take Russian fans to national team games for a symbolic five rubles (taxes and fees would be included in the fare). Such tickets will be sold three days before the match and only to owners of tickets for games and fan IDs. Airfare prices also went down.
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dozens of times soared But in January , prices for apartments in the host cities of the championship : the price of a three-ruble note in Saransk reached three million rubles per night. Now the same apartment is rented for 50 thousand per night.
What do I get from this?
"Pobeda" still remains profitable: despite the prices during the World Cup, the site often has cheap tickets to neighboring cities. But when you buy a ticket, do not forget that luggage is bought separately, and you can take up to 10 kg in hand luggage. Here you can find out how to buy tickets for the World Cup.