Aeroflot Boosts Budget Flights to Kaliningrad for Summer Travelers

Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, is ramping up service between Moscow and Kaliningrad this summer, adding more flights and increasing the availability of its fixed-price “flat fare” tickets. The move, announced Tuesday, aims to make travel to the Baltic exclave more accessible during peak season.

Starting June 1, the carrier will introduce an extra daily round-trip flight on the route, operated by Airbus A321 aircraft. From July 1 through August 31, that number will double to two additional daily departures. All of these new services will offer seats under Aeroflot’s flat-fare program, which locks ticket prices at a steady rate.

The initiative was unveiled by Aeroflot CEO Sergey Alexandrovsky during a meeting with Kaliningrad Governor Alexei Besprozvannykh. “Our priority is to support residents of the region,” Alexandrovsky said. Under the program, locals and full-time university students in Kaliningrad get first dibs on flat-fare tickets, available for purchase more than a week before departure. Any unsold seats go on general sale seven days out.

Governor Besprozvannykh welcomed the expansion, calling it “a necessary step to ensure mobility.” He added, “It was crucial that extra seats be accessible first to residents and students.”

The flat-fare tickets cost 7,900 rubles one-way or 13,000 rubles round-trip in economy class. This program runs alongside government-subsidized flights and has proven popular: in 2025 alone, more than 831,000 passengers used the flat fare on the Moscow-Kaliningrad route. Residents and students can book through Aeroflot’s website, sales offices, or authorized agents, using the same process as for subsidized tickets.