In 1978 I flew aboard an Aeroflot aircraft. The interior was so spartan that it appeared as though it could be converted to a military cargo plane in half an hour. Our flight crew was quite dour and abrupt. Glad to see that the planes have improved and that you experienced genuine Russian hospitality. Stay safe and resilient.
Quite a few soviet civilian aircrafts were just converted bombers and cargo transports. The government didn't think civilian aviation was all that important and decided that it was more convenient to convert aircraft. The reason their aircraft felt so spartan was because it wasn't ment to be an airliner.
@@mihan2d да ты что, а я не знал. Лапшу не вешай, плиз. Я здесь живу, знаю что почем. I live in Russia. I know what that hospitality is like first hand. Don't try to bullshit me, comrade.
@@tally1604 Я смотрю ты один здесь живёшь, больше вокруг тебя никого нет. С таким самомнением я не удивлён что тебе все грубят. I see you're the only one living there, no other living soul around. With that level of self entitlement I'm not surprised everyone is rude to you.
Suggestion…. Keep your shoes on until airborne. If there is an emergency, without shoes , you will have difficulty getting off the plane and running in a hurry !
I flew Aeroflot back in the days of the USSR. Your Superjet 100 was many steps above the Soviet Tupolev Tu-154s I flew in. I remember sitting near the rear of the plane once and marveling at the ice which formed around the emergency exit door; I guess that's one way to keep the cabin pressurized. Above each door was stored a knotted rope to be used as an emergency escape. Drinks service for the longer flights was room-temperature water poured from pitchers into plastic cups. In terms of flight characteristics, I mostly remember that the descent from cruising altitude to landings took about 4 or 5 minutes as the nose of the plane pointed down and we dove at about a 40° angle, leveling off just before touching down.
Wow, thanks for the insight Jim. Is it bad I actually would really like to have tried this Tupolev flight! Certainly edgy, but wow what an experience. Have you flown Aeroflot since?
@@Trektrendy Unfortunately, the USSR did not allow photography near airports or on planes, so I could not document this part of my journey. I was grateful for the experience; it just added to the whole other-worldly, mid-80s Soviet experience. I have not flown Aeroflot since then; I think I would be disappointed by its normality, haha.
@@jimw2566 That's incredible that you got to experience it. Yeah, modern Aeroflot is a far cry from the Soviet rugged airline it used to be. These days Aeroflot competes as a four-star airline in the same league as Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore, etc.
Great, interesting content as usual with your jovial manner! Also fascinating to see a Russian aircraft! Glad to see you managed to score some champagne before changing planes! You are still one of the most underrated travel vlogers out there and should reach 100,000 subs soon, no probs.
Great video including the mechanical flight board at 5:05! My first flight on a Russian built plane was Feb 11, 1988 flying from Bangkok to Ho Chi MInh City on a TU 134. Two years later I got braver and flew an IL62 being one of the coolest looking planes ever built by any nation from Montreal to Ho Chi Minh City via Moscow when it was still part of the Soviet Union then to Bombay then to Hanoi and finally to Ho Chi MInh. Everything was great. I would later fly many flights within Vietnam on the Tu134. Loved every flight!
for the quality/experience this guy provides in his videos, I'm surprised he doesn't have more views/subscribers. Well done m8. nothing like getting home from a flight and watching reviews of other flights that I will be sure to try out in my business travels.
I once had the Superjet SJ100 on Brussels Airlines. It was very comfortable and modern looking. Compared to the usual BAe 146 / AVRO RJ100's they had on the route, it had much bigger windows, it was perhaps quieter and the seats and even legroom was better. Totally surprised me. But I can easily see how it has been too ambitious project for Sukhoi and that's why the many accidents. They've had to take a HUGE step in aircraft design to accomplish something like that, and with major changes problems will always arise.
Thank you for this review. I enjoyed it very much. Suggestion: you could film the menu, so we can have a look at the food&drinks they provide. Some of us pause the videos to read the business class menu.
@@Alex-pj8nz Not even the Chinese. Aeroflot's fleet is 95% made up of Airbus and Boeing planes. Both of those companies have revoked their service manual licenses from Aeroflot (as well as all other Russian airlines: good luck getting any cargo via air!), meaning they can no longer perform the mandatory maintenance to keep those planes operational. Even if they somehow managed to get their hands on these manuals (good luck with that), they cannot get the necessary spare parts: most airlines only keep enough supply of these to last them two weeks, a month at most. They also cannot service these planes abroad: Boeing and Airbus made it clear that any airline willing to supply the Russians with service manuals or spare parts will have their licenses revoked as well. To make matters even worse, Aeroflot does not actually own their planes: they lease them from shell companies in Ireland and Luxembourg. Those shell companies have since been seized, meaning that Aeroflot's fleet now belong to the Irish and Luxembourgish government And it's not just the Airbus and Boeing planes either: these Sukhois are now also the property of the Irish government. Aeroflot will not be able to fly to any EU destination without having their planes reposessed.
I flew with Aeroflot back in 1994 when they used to operate flights to Australia. That's an experience I will never forget! Although with the Sukhoi, I really think as a regional product, this could be a competitor to markets where the Dash-8 and CRJ are too small, but demand isn't quite there to meet the capacity for the A220. I see it being ideal for flights along the Adriatic and even some secondary Med airports (Dubrovnik-Zagreb/Split-Zagreb/Mostar-??/Tivat-Ljubljana/Nis-Dubrovnik/Skopje-Tivat/Sofia-Varna/Thessaloniki-Islands). These markets are highly dependent on the summer tourism, but could easily be upgraded to year round if they were only marketed the right way.
All in all not a bad experience at all… I’m very keen to try Aeroflot, they’re certainly an airline which has improved so much over the years I believe (leaps and bounds….!) 👍😀
I flew yesterday (12/03/22) from Murmansk to Moscow in one of these Sukhoi planes with Aeroflot. As usual, the 2 hour flight was on time, the excellent cabin crew were professional and polite, and the plane was spotlessly clean. I agree with you though about the engines. I sat in 7A right in line with air intake from left side engine, and the noise is almost unbearable. If I rested my head against the window I could feel the vibrations. Due to the current situation with sanctions Business Class was completely empty, there were no foreign tourists on board, and on landing at Sheremyetevo airport it was an eye-opener to see no foreign planes , and the tarmac full of Aeroflot and Rosiyya aircraft parked up in storage. A plus is that it was really fast to retrieve baggage and exit arrivals.
I would point out, that the plane itself is not the main cause of the fatal crash. The 2012 test flight crash was caused by the pilot flying the plane directly into a mountainside due to spatial disorientation. The planes safety system warned the pilots, but they ignored the planes safety systems and subsequently crashed. The 2019 flight, which is the only fatal commercial flight was primarily caused by pilot error again, as the pilot completely messed up their landing, I'll be it the plane had lost auto pilot due to a lightning strike, but the plane was functioning correctly. And you would expect a pilot to know how to fly without auto pilot! I've flown the Sukhoi several times (I live in Russia) and it does have some positive sides like good comfort. The main issue is reliability. It's been riddled with minor issues that means it breaks more often than others, but it hasn't compromised the safety of operation. It just adds operational costs, and it's one of the reason the plane has failed. Not trying to "save" the reputation of the plane, just trying to come with a bit more information :-) Mainly, I personally don't consider it unsafe (otherwise it wouldn't be certified around the world), but it does have problems.
2019 crash looks like both pilot and construction mistake. Several month after Sukhoi crash there was another incident in Russia. Airbus A321 hard landing in the field without gears, but everybody was fine.
@@DartLuke 2019 crash was solely pilot error! As he said, the autopilot broke down, but the pilot still had full control over the plane, so - pilot, plane is still yours, land the plane on the ground, but as the regulations require! The pilot violated all safety measures during the landing - the maximum landing weight of the plane, the maximum flight speed during the landing, the maximum vertical speed ... and since he failed to break the plane from the first, he repeated it TWICE more times! An error in the construction of the plane !? All praise to the aircraft designers, they made an airplane that managed to withstand the actions of a jerk in the flight cabin twice, although international regulations require that the aircraft be able to withstand only once the actions of a jerk in the flight cabin...
@@DartLuke There was time for a full evacuation, however it is reported that the passengers in the front of the cabin either ignored the instruction to leave their luggage behind or the instruction wasn't given by the crew, whichever the case there is pictures of the surviving passengers after the evacuation with their luggage, this slowed down the evacuation leaving the people in the back with a slimmer chance of going out before smoke made them pass out
I flew the Sukhoi Superjet multiple times now. In fact I just came back from Russia 4 days ago and flew it 2 ways from Moscow to Saransk. I have the same comments as you particularly the loudness of the aircraft but other than that it's a good plane for short distances. Also, Aeroflot's A350 is amazing, flew it from Dubai to Moscow and was so happy with the experience. Oh and yes Russian's don't believe in masks. This part made me laugh :D
Great video! My first flight ever was with this plane but with (recently out of business) Interjet, from Mexico City to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, really noisy but great experience overall. Sadly Sukhoi planes was one of the many reasons of Interjet big problems.
I flew the SSJ in Mexico with Interjet and you are so right about the noise, but I liked flying on it. Many years ago I flew on an Interflug TU-134. Also loved that flight
Take it easy mate. Airplanes are machines. They do not BREAK. They may have technical glitches, problems, etc. However, taking off with the discrepancy is not a good option. Chill, have a cup of tea, relax. I have traveled to 139 countries with over nine million air miles on two airlines and I cannot count all of the other flight hours. BTW I am an aeronautical engineer and maintenance engineer certified in the USA, Europe, Brazil and Canada. Happy landings.
Actually SSJ 100 is a rather comfortable plane. Especially for economy pax. This plane economy seats are wider than Boeing or Airbus. Also there are more baggage space in your overheads. You really should try Aeroflot's A350 business class.
You’ll have seen in the review I was complimentary about the seating, great legroom and overall solid product. I’ve already reviewed Aeroflots A350’in their new business class, you can find this video on my channel :) Thanks for watching
I have never flown Aeroflot, but I have tasted Russian chocolate which my grandmother used to send me regularly, and it really is delicious. Great review, thanks!
I want to ride in one of those Sukhoi Super Jets. Excellent review. Even without considering this is a pandemic that service was great for a two hour flight.
I flew Aeroflot several times in the early 90s. On one domestic flight, I recall when the flight was landing, people were still smoking, and there was a goat running up and down the aisle. Also, the overheard compartments were some sort of rope or net, and few things fell. It’s was scary 😬.
I get hot in planes too but bro, you gotta take your jacket off. But seriously, I do love your channel and your affinity for NASA tshirts. Keep on cranking out the videos for the rest of us who wish we could do what you do. Blessings
Haha it ran through my mind that they only fly to Poland every 3 days fromS Moscow. The thought of three more days stuck in transit, and in that hotel was a shocker haha. Thanks Steven. And I can't believe it but yes 10k in 3 weeks 😀
@@Trektrendy Hahaha, dude, and in that tiny closet they call a hotel room. Tbh though, you stuck in a Moscow Airport for 3 days, wandering around figuring out what the meaning of life is would've made for some good content on here. 😅
@@SjWhit haha well i'm off to Japan next week, I have a 10 hour layover in Tokyo, but could very well end up stuck if there are issues with transit. Perhaps in my video in two weeks this scenario will become a reality 😂
nice one Trek.This report reminded me of that 30 years ago this happened to me in a TU-154 from Moscow to Odessa but the plane never replaced.At least in nowadays they replaced the fault plane with another.
I am more of a railway person as i live in Germany and can pretty much travel anywhere by train, but i also like planes. Especially B737s and 757s. This summer i needed to go to Brussels during a train strike, so i decided to take a flight with Brussels Airlines from Munich. They are the only west european operator of the Superjet (which is surprisingly not banned from the EU yet). I was surprised to see such a rare and exciting plane in the Airbus-Boeing mess that is western europe today. It was pretty loud indeed, but Brussels Airlines had a quite nice crew and even though the flight was relatively normal, i now have a bit of a better view towards the Superjet.
In 1988 I flew from Mineralnye Vody back to Moscow on Aeroflot. Our entire three-seat assembly was only loosely bolted to the floor and during take off and landing it felt like we were bouncing up and down from the extra inch or so of play in those bolts! It sounded like the entire plane was going to rattle apart, so I’m sure ours wasn’t the only loose assembly! If I’d only had a wrench!!
Thanks for your review. The food / catering looks nice. Can't believe you get away filming. I got told off by security of taking a photo of a LOT Jet I got off of at Warsaw Chopin and a LOT representative told me there was NO filming allowed in the aircraft or at the airport.
The Superjet is loud, but I have also had an enjoyable experience onboard. I fly Aeroflot often when I am in the region, as well as transatlantic. Thanks for the video.
After moving to Russia in 2004, I have flown on a Tu-134, Tu-154 and a IL-86, all decades old by the time I stepped foot on them. Be happy you flew on a plane made this century. :-)
Soo classy with the ripped jeans love it .. haha.. ripped jeans is the new thing in first and business lol.. NO MORE SUITS in F or J .. Will is starting the new way of business class travel
@@petern6808 I think the biggest issue with the Sukhoi is maintenance program. Spare parts are hard to come by, and in Mexico they had to ground jets and cannibalize parts. Not a problem with Boeing or Airbus. The issue with the MAX is also fundamentally different, and in my mind more scary than the issues with Sukhoi which seem to be more inconvenient and expensive due to lack of parts
Hi Will, just found your channel and congrats on a really great style and lots of humour and professional content and editing.. I like most of the other Brit bloggers but I'm now moving you to the top of the tree. Thanks.
the title of this video drew me to your channel - and I'm hooked! awesome channel - you've got some great stuff! Looking forward to seeing more! Stay safe
Hoping to go to Russia next year (2020 trip was cancelled obviously)... won't be flying Aeroflot though! So cool to see these different planes, thanks for taking us along!
I remember flying in Peru in late 80’s or maybe early 90’s. The airplane, an extremely old Boeing, suffered some visible minor damage, while taxiing, it hit a towing truck. They didn’t send replacement plane, but the pilot choose to fly anyways. I guess the repair shops were in Lima only. When Chilean LAN started serving the Peruvian market, safety, punctuality and flight standards went to completely new level. Every plane was near new. Prices may have gone up, but it was well worth thought.
'The plane is broken' ...that's happened to me and it freaks me out so much. I had to down a couple pints before hitting up the replacement flight to quell my nerves.
I flew on a Sukhoi SSJ100 in North America! Very nice aircraft to fly on and I feel better marketing and support and future performance upgrades might have made it a great seller just like the A220 is So Mexican Interjet bought the SSJ100 which has to be the most unlucky aircraft out there, from its 3 fatal accidents none really were related to the design or performance of the jet, and to Mexico´s Interjet the lack of availability of spare parts when extremely far away from Russia made it a costly nightmare with many flight cancellations that lead to the flying public to lose confidence in the airline and deteriorated finances just prior to the pandemic which sealed the faith of both Interjet and the Sukhoi operations outside of Russia
I flew aboard an Il-62m flown by Aeroflot in 1991, the staff was super friendly and nice. I flew from St Petersburg to Stockholm via Oslo. Yes, a weird way to fly, specially thinking that while the airplane banked over Stockholm, I could see where I live. I like Aeroflot staff, so friendly!
I had a similar plane breaking down experience back in 2015. My family and I had a business trip to Singapore so we took Philippine Airlines. If memory serves me right, it was either an Airbus A321 or Airbus A320 assigned to our flight that day. I was assigned to sit beside my grandfather and the moment I sat down in our assigned seat, he told me that he wanted to be back at our assigned waiting area just to watch the NBA game (I will explain more of this later). Plane was full so we were ready to leave but I started to smell smoke inside our plane. After 30-45 minutes of waiting, our plane was finally push backed into the tarmac but we waited in the tarmac for another 10-20 minutes. By this point of time, the scent of the smoke was getting stronger and other passengers began noticing the smell. As I looked at the window, I've noticed that the plane was heading back to its assigned gate. Once fully parked, the pilot made an announcement saying that there was something wrong with the controls of the cockpit so they were forced to return to the gate. We were told to leave the plane and head back to the assigned waiting area for our new plane. What was even shocking was that many of the passengers, instead of being happy that a new plane was assigned to us, were happy to be back to the airport just to watch the NBA game. I, on the other, was glad that we didn't take off as an accident could have happened to our flight if we had took off.
Over 30 year's ago I used Aeroflot flying to boarding school in Ireland from Japan. The stewardess were sour faced and the plane lacking totally in comfort but I remember to this day the meal they served. It was a big stewed hamburger in some sort of gravy, bread and a HUGE wad of butter. It looked really terrible but it tasted delicious, the butter was really good too but they gave you enough butter for a hell of as lot of bread, LOL
Where I live, almost everyone quit wearing masks a few months ago. Even picked up my mom at the airport a few weeks ago and I'd say only a quarter of people were wearing masks in the airport. I live in one of the top 10 metro areas in the us. Maybe this was recorded a while ago, idk. Just found it interesting you made a point of it in this video.
The same thing happened to me on a BA flight from Heathrow. The plane broke down so I had to stay overnight. The less said about BA'S arrangements the following day the better. I should have arrived in Seattle at 4.30 pm on Mon, it was 10.45 pm on Tues! Their cabin crew were so rude and unhelpful.
I flew Aeroflot in the early 2000’s and back then you could give a FA a hundred bucks or two in cash and they’d move you up to Business. It was so much nicer than Economy but that’s not saying much. Almost everyone was kind except for a few stern FAs. I’m so glad I got to experience that. Oh, and the plane was loud then too and it smelled like the exhaust pipe emptied into the cabin.
For anyone wondering, the burnt plane in the start of the video was Aeroflot flight 1492. AF1492 landed at the airport when the fuselage burst. AF1492s rear was in flames. 34 people died.
My experience with Aeroflot is that they have great and very tasty meals. Once upon a time Russia had a world class airline Transaero but they went bust during the late 2000s recession.
You can just feel him being already nervous in Moscow even before the plane mishap and really happy when exiting in Warsaw 😊 They say being nervous attracts mishaps 😏
As a teenager I flew the very first time of my life in 1988 or so. This was a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Prague, and a connecting Aeroflot flight from Prague to Kiev. All I remember from that flight is that the overhead luggage "compartment" was nothing else as a net just like you had on a bus. And the Kiev immigration telling me they would not let me in due to the state of my passport (the black Dutch passports in those days were notoriously badly made). Fortunately they were joking.
Oh the glorious little Sukhoi SSJ, I've flown it once from Helsinki to Moskva, and it was amazing. It somehow was just so much smoother in the air than the 737s I flew about 6 times in the half a month prior to the SSJ flight. I suppose it's the refined modern design. It's a sexy aircraft.
I flew on a russian made plane on Lot Polish Airlines from Kiev to Warsaw in 1993. I remember the food being very good for a rather short flight, which was surprising.
All planes have malfunctions some times but passengers just have to be understanding. Also the sukhoi doesn’t have a bad safety record like the 737 has had 19 fatal accidents and the a320 17.
There’s been 10k 737s built, 9.9k a320s built and 172 Sukhoi Superjets. Looking at the numbers statically speaking the Sukhoi’s are significantly more unreliable, and it’s why so many airlines have dropped using them. In fact Aeroflot are discontinuing operation of them as of 2022
When I flew from Washington DC to Chicago once, I smelled smoke. Just before we took off, the pilot said a fire alarm had gone off and there was trouble with the engine. We got off the plane and into another one. I think the company was United or American Airlines It reminded me of this experience.
Flown Aeroflot many times without any problems, almost always an Airbus. I flew the SSJ-100 once from SVO-PEE. Small fairly comfy. It was designed with the help of many western companies including Boeing, a lot of its components are actually from the west.
I mean mate talk about basic hotel room for the night 😳😂, wow cool looking jet, I’m not a big fan on the interior but looks comfy, page 3 😂, bit of a nightmare of a trip but I’m glad the crew were nice. A very nice meal set up for a short 2hr flight, a very intriguing watch mate👍
In 1978 I flew aboard an Aeroflot aircraft. The interior was so spartan that it appeared as though it could be converted to a military cargo plane in half an hour. Our flight crew was quite dour and abrupt. Glad to see that the planes have improved and that you experienced genuine Russian hospitality. Stay safe and resilient.
Quite a few soviet civilian aircrafts were just converted bombers and cargo transports. The government didn't think civilian aviation was all that important and decided that it was more convenient to convert aircraft. The reason their aircraft felt so spartan was because it wasn't ment to be an airliner.
Russian hospitality is an oxymoron. I should know, I live in Russia :)
@@tally1604 Don't confuse Russian hospitality and Soviet customer service, comrade.
@@mihan2d да ты что, а я не знал. Лапшу не вешай, плиз. Я здесь живу, знаю что почем.
I live in Russia. I know what that hospitality is like first hand. Don't try to bullshit me, comrade.
@@tally1604 Я смотрю ты один здесь живёшь, больше вокруг тебя никого нет. С таким самомнением я не удивлён что тебе все грубят.
I see you're the only one living there, no other living soul around. With that level of self entitlement I'm not surprised everyone is rude to you.
Suggestion…. Keep your shoes on until airborne. If there is an emergency, without shoes , you will have difficulty getting off the plane and running in a hurry !
Suggestion…. Keep your shoes on.
@@Crazmuss lol i was literally about to write the exact same thing word for word 😂😂
i never take my shoes off. who the fuck takes their shoes off on a plane?
@@wadewilson3309 people who think they're at home
@@wadewilson3309 normal people
I flew Aeroflot back in the days of the USSR. Your Superjet 100 was many steps above the Soviet Tupolev Tu-154s I flew in. I remember sitting near the rear of the plane once and marveling at the ice which formed around the emergency exit door; I guess that's one way to keep the cabin pressurized. Above each door was stored a knotted rope to be used as an emergency escape. Drinks service for the longer flights was room-temperature water poured from pitchers into plastic cups. In terms of flight characteristics, I mostly remember that the descent from cruising altitude to landings took about 4 or 5 minutes as the nose of the plane pointed down and we dove at about a 40° angle, leveling off just before touching down.
Wow, thanks for the insight Jim. Is it bad I actually would really like to have tried this Tupolev flight! Certainly edgy, but wow what an experience. Have you flown Aeroflot since?
@@Trektrendy Unfortunately, the USSR did not allow photography near airports or on planes, so I could not document this part of my journey. I was grateful for the experience; it just added to the whole other-worldly, mid-80s Soviet experience. I have not flown Aeroflot since then; I think I would be disappointed by its normality, haha.
@@jimw2566 That's incredible that you got to experience it. Yeah, modern Aeroflot is a far cry from the Soviet rugged airline it used to be. These days Aeroflot competes as a four-star airline in the same league as Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore, etc.
Bro the Tupolev TU-154 is the Russian version of DC-10 of course it lacked safety😂🤣.
Old Russian Proverb, 'If the plane breaks on the ground, Jesus loves you'.
Yes, by law, Russian carriers are required to serve a full meal.
Better if it breaks on the ground than in the air!
@@trainenthusiast7695 This applies to any aircraft, right?
@@francoisvillon1300 you never know, sometimes it breaks on the ground, sometimes it breaks in the air
@@trainenthusiast7695 sometimes it don’t break
by what law?
Great, interesting content as usual with your jovial manner! Also fascinating to see a Russian aircraft! Glad to see you managed to score some champagne before changing planes! You are still one of the most underrated travel vlogers out there and should reach 100,000 subs soon, no probs.
It’s a good day when Will uploads!
Thanks so much for watching as usual my friend. Glad you like the content 😀
When he stops filming we will know what happend
What day is that
Great video including the mechanical flight board at 5:05! My first flight on a Russian built plane was Feb 11, 1988 flying from Bangkok to Ho Chi MInh City on a TU 134. Two years later I got braver and flew an IL62 being one of the coolest looking planes ever built by any nation from Montreal to Ho Chi Minh City via Moscow when it was still part of the Soviet Union then to Bombay then to Hanoi and finally to Ho Chi MInh. Everything was great. I would later fly many flights within Vietnam on the Tu134. Loved every flight!
I don't know but there is something sexy about the Sukhoi Super Jet 😂
Hey josh can you do Qatar airways from doha to Guangzhou?
Hi josh can you do london heathrow to Miami on virgin Atlantic in premium economy(economy delight)
Their fighter jets are even sexier)
the crashes?
I wonder if josh will go to India which I bet he won’t
I always look forward to Will's content, you get the genuine experience. Keep it up! We support you!
The crew asking for the channel is lovely and the honest feedback you are giving here is a pleasant thing in modern days. Thank you!
for the quality/experience this guy provides in his videos, I'm surprised he doesn't have more views/subscribers. Well done m8. nothing like getting home from a flight and watching reviews of other flights that I will be sure to try out in my business travels.
I once had the Superjet SJ100 on Brussels Airlines. It was very comfortable and modern looking. Compared to the usual BAe 146 / AVRO RJ100's they had on the route, it had much bigger windows, it was perhaps quieter and the seats and even legroom was better. Totally surprised me. But I can easily see how it has been too ambitious project for Sukhoi and that's why the many accidents. They've had to take a HUGE step in aircraft design to accomplish something like that, and with major changes problems will always arise.
Thank you for this review. I enjoyed it very much.
Suggestion: you could film the menu, so we can have a look at the food&drinks they provide.
Some of us pause the videos to read the business class menu.
Agreed. That would be great along with a description of your meal. In any event, another great video!
Damn looks like no one will be flying Aeroflot in a very long time :(
Looks like there will be no aeroflot soon.
@@kerotomas1 egyetért
Except the Chinese
@@Alex-pj8nz Not even the Chinese. Aeroflot's fleet is 95% made up of Airbus and Boeing planes. Both of those companies have revoked their service manual licenses from Aeroflot (as well as all other Russian airlines: good luck getting any cargo via air!), meaning they can no longer perform the mandatory maintenance to keep those planes operational. Even if they somehow managed to get their hands on these manuals (good luck with that), they cannot get the necessary spare parts: most airlines only keep enough supply of these to last them two weeks, a month at most. They also cannot service these planes abroad: Boeing and Airbus made it clear that any airline willing to supply the Russians with service manuals or spare parts will have their licenses revoked as well.
To make matters even worse, Aeroflot does not actually own their planes: they lease them from shell companies in Ireland and Luxembourg. Those shell companies have since been seized, meaning that Aeroflot's fleet now belong to the Irish and Luxembourgish government And it's not just the Airbus and Boeing planes either: these Sukhois are now also the property of the Irish government. Aeroflot will not be able to fly to any EU destination without having their planes reposessed.
no worries i hope we will send them few nukes insted
I flew with Aeroflot back in 1994 when they used to operate flights to Australia. That's an experience I will never forget! Although with the Sukhoi, I really think as a regional product, this could be a competitor to markets where the Dash-8 and CRJ are too small, but demand isn't quite there to meet the capacity for the A220. I see it being ideal for flights along the Adriatic and even some secondary Med airports (Dubrovnik-Zagreb/Split-Zagreb/Mostar-??/Tivat-Ljubljana/Nis-Dubrovnik/Skopje-Tivat/Sofia-Varna/Thessaloniki-Islands). These markets are highly dependent on the summer tourism, but could easily be upgraded to year round if they were only marketed the right way.
All in all not a bad experience at all… I’m very keen to try Aeroflot, they’re certainly an airline which has improved so much over the years I believe (leaps and bounds….!) 👍😀
Awesome review! Thanks for sharing! I hope SU brings back the Ilyushin 96. I flew on IL96-300 almost two decades ago and love it. 😊
that menu ticking what you want is a feature all business airlines should adopt, simple & effective
I flew yesterday (12/03/22) from Murmansk to Moscow in one of these Sukhoi planes with Aeroflot. As usual, the 2 hour flight was on time, the excellent cabin crew were professional and polite, and the plane was spotlessly clean. I agree with you though about the engines. I sat in 7A right in line with air intake from left side engine, and the noise is almost unbearable. If I rested my head against the window I could feel the vibrations. Due to the current situation with sanctions Business Class was completely empty, there were no foreign tourists on board, and on landing at Sheremyetevo airport it was an eye-opener to see no foreign planes , and the tarmac full of Aeroflot and Rosiyya aircraft parked up in storage. A plus is that it was really fast to retrieve baggage and exit arrivals.
The tarmac was full of parked and stored stolen aircraft.
@@vulc1 knob
I would point out, that the plane itself is not the main cause of the fatal crash. The 2012 test flight crash was caused by the pilot flying the plane directly into a mountainside due to spatial disorientation. The planes safety system warned the pilots, but they ignored the planes safety systems and subsequently crashed. The 2019 flight, which is the only fatal commercial flight was primarily caused by pilot error again, as the pilot completely messed up their landing, I'll be it the plane had lost auto pilot due to a lightning strike, but the plane was functioning correctly. And you would expect a pilot to know how to fly without auto pilot!
I've flown the Sukhoi several times (I live in Russia) and it does have some positive sides like good comfort. The main issue is reliability. It's been riddled with minor issues that means it breaks more often than others, but it hasn't compromised the safety of operation. It just adds operational costs, and it's one of the reason the plane has failed.
Not trying to "save" the reputation of the plane, just trying to come with a bit more information :-) Mainly, I personally don't consider it unsafe (otherwise it wouldn't be certified around the world), but it does have problems.
2019 crash looks like both pilot and construction mistake. Several month after Sukhoi crash there was another incident in Russia. Airbus A321 hard landing in the field without gears, but everybody was fine.
@@DartLuke these accidents aren't really the same though
@@DartLuke 2019 crash was solely pilot error!
As he said, the autopilot broke down, but the pilot still had full control over the plane, so - pilot, plane is still yours, land the plane on the ground, but as the regulations require!
The pilot violated all safety measures during the landing - the maximum landing weight of the plane, the maximum flight speed during the landing, the maximum vertical speed ... and since he failed to break the plane from the first, he repeated it TWICE more times!
An error in the construction of the plane !?
All praise to the aircraft designers, they made an airplane that managed to withstand the actions of a jerk in the flight cabin twice, although international regulations require that the aircraft be able to withstand only once the actions of a jerk in the flight cabin...
@@DartLuke There was time for a full evacuation, however it is reported that the passengers in the front of the cabin either ignored the instruction to leave their luggage behind or the instruction wasn't given by the crew, whichever the case there is pictures of the surviving passengers after the evacuation with their luggage, this slowed down the evacuation leaving the people in the back with a slimmer chance of going out before smoke made them pass out
At this point, even with all the issues with this plane, I'd still trust it over newer Boeing aircraft.
I like how he’s always happy to give his channel name or info to the crew
I flew the Sukhoi Superjet multiple times now. In fact I just came back from Russia 4 days ago and flew it 2 ways from Moscow to Saransk. I have the same comments as you particularly the loudness of the aircraft but other than that it's a good plane for short distances. Also, Aeroflot's A350 is amazing, flew it from Dubai to Moscow and was so happy with the experience. Oh and yes Russian's don't believe in masks. This part made me laugh :D
Great video! My first flight ever was with this plane but with (recently out of business) Interjet, from Mexico City to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, really noisy but great experience overall. Sadly Sukhoi planes was one of the many reasons of Interjet big problems.
"The plane is broken" No matter the country, it's a universal babe.
I flew the SSJ in Mexico with Interjet and you are so right about the noise, but I liked flying on it. Many years ago I flew on an Interflug TU-134. Also loved that flight
The Warsaw Airport is named after the world famous 19th century composer- Frédéric Chopin. No reference at all to choppin' wood.
Take it easy mate. Airplanes are machines. They do not BREAK. They may have technical glitches, problems, etc. However, taking off with the discrepancy is not a good option. Chill, have a cup of tea, relax. I have traveled to 139 countries with over nine million air miles on two airlines and I cannot count all of the other flight hours. BTW I am an aeronautical engineer and maintenance engineer certified in the USA, Europe, Brazil and Canada. Happy landings.
Yh exactly
Actually SSJ 100 is a rather comfortable plane. Especially for economy pax. This plane economy seats are wider than Boeing or Airbus. Also there are more baggage space in your overheads.
You really should try Aeroflot's A350 business class.
You’ll have seen in the review I was complimentary about the seating, great legroom and overall solid product. I’ve already reviewed Aeroflots A350’in their new business class, you can find this video on my channel :)
Thanks for watching
So it kills more comfortabely :D
@@mikasm3717 So much for Aeroflot.
Wow! You are a brave traveler. No way would I ever fly via Aeroflot. They've had a bad rep since the '70's.
Since the 30s.
@8:24 lol sickle and f**king hammer 🤣🤣🤣
I have never flown Aeroflot, but I have tasted Russian chocolate which my grandmother used to send me regularly, and it really is delicious. Great review, thanks!
I want to ride in one of those Sukhoi Super Jets. Excellent review. Even without considering this is a pandemic that service was great for a two hour flight.
I flew Aeroflot several times in the early 90s. On one domestic flight, I recall when the flight was landing, people were still smoking, and there was a goat running up and down the aisle. Also, the overheard compartments were some sort of rope or net, and few things fell. It’s was scary 😬.
I get hot in planes too but bro, you gotta take your jacket off. But seriously, I do love your channel and your affinity for NASA tshirts. Keep on cranking out the videos for the rest of us who wish we could do what you do. Blessings
Ah bro, when you though you'd missed the flight, I felt that man 😅. Could be wrong but looks like you've gotten 10k more subs? Well done mate!
Haha it ran through my mind that they only fly to Poland every 3 days fromS Moscow. The thought of three more days stuck in transit, and in that hotel was a shocker haha.
Thanks Steven. And I can't believe it but yes 10k in 3 weeks 😀
@@Trektrendy Hahaha, dude, and in that tiny closet they call a hotel room. Tbh though, you stuck in a Moscow Airport for 3 days, wandering around figuring out what the meaning of life is would've made for some good content on here. 😅
@@SjWhit haha well i'm off to Japan next week, I have a 10 hour layover in Tokyo, but could very well end up stuck if there are issues with transit. Perhaps in my video in two weeks this scenario will become a reality 😂
@@Trektrendy Goodluck and stay safe then dude! Look forward to the upload
Ahh nothings better then watching one of wills new videos!
The checkbox for dinner thing was pretty normal in the 80s in Australia IIRC.
nice one Trek.This report reminded me of that 30 years ago this happened to me in a TU-154 from Moscow to Odessa but the plane never replaced.At least in nowadays they replaced the fault plane with another.
Hey Will,
Just wanted to say that your Videos are amazing.
Keep Up the great Work.
Greetings Form Germany!!
I am more of a railway person as i live in Germany and can pretty much travel anywhere by train, but i also like planes. Especially B737s and 757s. This summer i needed to go to Brussels during a train strike, so i decided to take a flight with Brussels Airlines from Munich. They are the only west european operator of the Superjet (which is surprisingly not banned from the EU yet). I was surprised to see such a rare and exciting plane in the Airbus-Boeing mess that is western europe today. It was pretty loud indeed, but Brussels Airlines had a quite nice crew and even though the flight was relatively normal, i now have a bit of a better view towards the Superjet.
In 1988 I flew from Mineralnye Vody back to Moscow on Aeroflot. Our entire three-seat assembly was only loosely bolted to the floor and during take off and landing it felt like we were bouncing up and down from the extra inch or so of play in those bolts! It sounded like the entire plane was going to rattle apart, so I’m sure ours wasn’t the only loose assembly! If I’d only had a wrench!!
Thanks for your review. The food / catering looks nice.
Can't believe you get away filming. I got told off by security of taking a photo of a LOT Jet I got off of at Warsaw Chopin and a LOT representative told me there was NO filming allowed in the aircraft or at the airport.
started watching Will as I am flying on my own in a couple of days. Absolutely hooked on his videos!
Means the world to hear you're enjoying my content. Thanks for watching and can't wait to share lots more with you on the channel
For the all time i never got on this type of plane, so i haven't any problems. But nice to see a real feedback about it.
The Superjet is loud, but I have also had an enjoyable experience onboard. I fly Aeroflot often when I am in the region, as well as transatlantic. Thanks for the video.
After moving to Russia in 2004, I have flown on a Tu-134, Tu-154 and a IL-86, all decades old by the time I stepped foot on them. Be happy you flew on a plane made this century. :-)
Soo classy with the ripped jeans love it .. haha.. ripped jeans is the new thing in first and business lol.. NO MORE SUITS in F or J .. Will is starting the new way of business class travel
haha you know it my friend. Ripped jeans are very much my go to travel jeans now. I wonder how it's going to go down in ANA F next week 😂
I flew the Sukhoi Superjet in Mexico a few years back. Enjoyed it a lot, and i felt like the plane was very quiet sitting in the back
And I think all the Mexican ones are retired now
@@petern6808 Interjet went out of business betting on Sukhoi
👍 I am surprised Europe let’s them fly but then again the Max is back too (2 vs 3 hull losses…not a great competition to be in)
@@petern6808 I think the biggest issue with the Sukhoi is maintenance program. Spare parts are hard to come by, and in Mexico they had to ground jets and cannibalize parts. Not a problem with Boeing or Airbus. The issue with the MAX is also fundamentally different, and in my mind more scary than the issues with Sukhoi which seem to be more inconvenient and expensive due to lack of parts
@@petern6808 why?
Love this content!!! Thanks for doing what you do!!
My pleasure, i'm super glad you enjoyed the video 😀
Hi Will, just found your channel and congrats on a really great style and lots of humour and professional content and editing.. I like most of the other Brit bloggers but I'm now moving you to the top of the tree.
Thanks.
I have flown Aeroflot on many occasions across Russia and from U.K to Russia and I love Aeroflot
the title of this video drew me to your channel - and I'm hooked! awesome channel - you've got some great stuff! Looking forward to seeing more! Stay safe
Your landing into Poland reminded me of one when my family and I were going into Mexico. It was probably one of the scariest experiences of my life
aeroflot strongest side is their flight attendants, always beauty and polite
Great job Will 👏! Appreciate the honest reviews!
Pre flight slammer! Solid review as always my man
Okay the fact that they asked for your channel name is really cute.
Wow!
That is some crazy stuff!
But at least you got something to drink first!
Hoping to go to Russia next year (2020 trip was cancelled obviously)... won't be flying Aeroflot though! So cool to see these different planes, thanks for taking us along!
I am glad that you survived your flight!
That airline sounds pretty good
I remember flying in Peru in late 80’s or maybe early 90’s.
The airplane, an extremely old Boeing, suffered some visible minor damage, while taxiing, it hit a towing truck.
They didn’t send replacement plane, but the pilot choose to fly anyways. I guess the repair shops were in Lima only.
When Chilean LAN started serving the Peruvian market, safety, punctuality and flight standards went to completely new level. Every plane was near new. Prices may have gone up, but it was well worth thought.
'The plane is broken' ...that's happened to me and it freaks me out so much. I had to down a couple pints before hitting up the replacement flight to quell my nerves.
I flew on a Sukhoi SSJ100 in North America! Very nice aircraft to fly on and I feel better marketing and support and future performance upgrades might have made it a great seller just like the A220 is So Mexican Interjet bought the SSJ100 which has to be the most unlucky aircraft out there, from its 3 fatal accidents none really were related to the design or performance of the jet, and to Mexico´s Interjet the lack of availability of spare parts when extremely far away from Russia made it a costly nightmare with many flight cancellations that lead to the flying public to lose confidence in the airline and deteriorated finances just prior to the pandemic which sealed the faith of both Interjet and the Sukhoi operations outside of Russia
Well that was interesting 🤔 honestly great video you must have ahead a blast😁 thank you for your videos.
I flew aboard an Il-62m flown by Aeroflot in 1991, the staff was super friendly and nice. I flew from St Petersburg to Stockholm via Oslo. Yes, a weird way to fly, specially thinking that while the airplane banked over Stockholm, I could see where I live. I like Aeroflot staff, so friendly!
Clearly the best show of the genre.
I had a similar plane breaking down experience back in 2015. My family and I had a business trip to Singapore so we took Philippine Airlines. If memory serves me right, it was either an Airbus A321 or Airbus A320 assigned to our flight that day. I was assigned to sit beside my grandfather and the moment I sat down in our assigned seat, he told me that he wanted to be back at our assigned waiting area just to watch the NBA game (I will explain more of this later). Plane was full so we were ready to leave but I started to smell smoke inside our plane. After 30-45 minutes of waiting, our plane was finally push backed into the tarmac but we waited in the tarmac for another 10-20 minutes. By this point of time, the scent of the smoke was getting stronger and other passengers began noticing the smell. As I looked at the window, I've noticed that the plane was heading back to its assigned gate. Once fully parked, the pilot made an announcement saying that there was something wrong with the controls of the cockpit so they were forced to return to the gate. We were told to leave the plane and head back to the assigned waiting area for our new plane. What was even shocking was that many of the passengers, instead of being happy that a new plane was assigned to us, were happy to be back to the airport just to watch the NBA game. I, on the other, was glad that we didn't take off as an accident could have happened to our flight if we had took off.
Over 30 year's ago I used Aeroflot flying to boarding school in Ireland from Japan. The stewardess were sour faced and the plane lacking totally in comfort but I remember to this day the meal they served. It was a big stewed hamburger in some sort of gravy, bread and a HUGE wad of butter. It looked really terrible but it tasted delicious, the butter was really good too but they gave you enough butter for a hell of as lot of bread, LOL
Where I live, almost everyone quit wearing masks a few months ago. Even picked up my mom at the airport a few weeks ago and I'd say only a quarter of people were wearing masks in the airport. I live in one of the top 10 metro areas in the us. Maybe this was recorded a while ago, idk. Just found it interesting you made a point of it in this video.
great video but small note 'chopin' airport is pronounced as 'show-pan'
I'd fly in the SJ, ive had breakdowns in CRJs , engine failure in a 737,500 all sorts of fun, never puts me off .
Comrade Trendy, please report to 2 Bolshaya Lubyanka Street for.....A discussion about this video, they will be expecting you.
хорошо 😂😂
Where did you get your black mask? It fits so well and doesn’t block your eyes.
Do you get your own toilet in the middle aisle and a pamphlet explaining taps..??!!
"SAMIR! SAMIR YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THE PLANE! SHARP MEDIUM LIFT"
Thank you very much. Your honesty is Refreshing.
Let's go I'm happy you went to Poland Warsaw
The same thing happened to me on a BA flight from Heathrow. The plane broke down so I had to stay overnight.
The less said about BA'S arrangements the following day the better.
I should have arrived in Seattle at 4.30 pm on Mon, it was 10.45 pm on Tues!
Their cabin crew were so rude and unhelpful.
Would you have preferred flying in a broken plane?
@@aaroncousins4750 No, but I'd expect BA to handle the situation better ie not lie to the passengers and to treat them with respect and courtesy.
I flew Aeroflot in the early 2000’s and back then you could give a FA a hundred bucks or two in cash and they’d move you up to Business. It was so much nicer than Economy but that’s not saying much. Almost everyone was kind except for a few stern FAs. I’m so glad I got to experience that. Oh, and the plane was loud then too and it smelled like the exhaust pipe emptied into the cabin.
You deserve more subscribers. Your videos are terrific!
Enjoyable video as usual! That strange rectangular piece of meat didn’t look so enjoyable though, what on earth was it?
For anyone wondering, the burnt plane in the start of the video was Aeroflot flight 1492.
AF1492 landed at the airport when the fuselage burst.
AF1492s rear was in flames.
34 people died.
6:44 - Blatantly ended up with one of the Stewardesses, my man ;)
My experience with Aeroflot is that they have great and very tasty meals. Once upon a time Russia had a world class airline Transaero but they went bust during the late 2000s recession.
What timberlands are you wearing??? I really like them!
I have a fear of flying but watching your videos makes traveling feel more relaxing ☺️
You can just feel him being already nervous in Moscow even before the plane mishap and really happy when exiting in Warsaw 😊 They say being nervous attracts mishaps 😏
Flying Sukhoi attracts mishaps 😏
@@CryptocurrencyInsider Thinking of mishaps attracts mishaps💁♂️
As a teenager I flew the very first time of my life in 1988 or so. This was a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Prague, and a connecting Aeroflot flight from Prague to Kiev. All I remember from that flight is that the overhead luggage "compartment" was nothing else as a net just like you had on a bus. And the Kiev immigration telling me they would not let me in due to the state of my passport (the black Dutch passports in those days were notoriously badly made). Fortunately they were joking.
Edward Snowden hotel 😂😂😂😂😂
Was lost for a split second
You were very fortunate it broke when you are in ground ... Awesome video ..Do you know your mate josh published a video on luftahnsa first class ..
Oh the glorious little Sukhoi SSJ, I've flown it once from Helsinki to Moskva, and it was amazing. It somehow was just so much smoother in the air than the 737s I flew about 6 times in the half a month prior to the SSJ flight. I suppose it's the refined modern design. It's a sexy aircraft.
I flew on a russian made plane on Lot Polish Airlines from Kiev to Warsaw in 1993. I remember the food being very good for a rather short flight, which was surprising.
All planes have malfunctions some times but passengers just have to be understanding. Also the sukhoi doesn’t have a bad safety record like the 737 has had 19 fatal accidents and the a320 17.
There’s been 10k 737s built, 9.9k a320s built and 172 Sukhoi Superjets. Looking at the numbers statically speaking the Sukhoi’s are significantly more unreliable, and it’s why so many airlines have dropped using them. In fact Aeroflot are discontinuing operation of them as of 2022
Wait hold up. U ONLY GOT 44K SUBS!!!! Hell nah u deserve a ton more!
That was nice of them that they wanted to know your channel name
When I flew from Washington DC to Chicago once, I smelled smoke. Just before we took off, the pilot said a fire alarm had gone off and there was trouble with the engine. We got off the plane and into another one. I think the company was United or American Airlines
It reminded me of this experience.
Flown Aeroflot many times without any problems, almost always an Airbus. I flew the SSJ-100 once from SVO-PEE. Small fairly comfy.
It was designed with the help of many western companies including Boeing, a lot of its components are actually from the west.
*And this is the most important problem Superjet, in 2023 it will be fully translated into Russian components!*
I mean mate talk about basic hotel room for the night 😳😂, wow cool looking jet, I’m not a big fan on the interior but looks comfy, page 3 😂, bit of a nightmare of a trip but I’m glad the crew were nice. A very nice meal set up for a short 2hr flight, a very intriguing watch mate👍
Your videos are amazing. One day I want to become a travel blogger. Keep up the good work will!