Almost 37,000 tickets sold as part of Belavia promo deal

Wed, 09/03/2016 - 13:00

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – The national air carrier Belavia sold as many as 36,950 €20 tickets online as part of its 20th birthday sale, BelTA learned from the company's press service.

The most popular destinations were Saint Petersburg with 3,430 seats booked, Tbilisi with 2,922 and Prague with 2,598. Some 55% of the customers were people aged between 25 and 34, and 60.5% of them were women. The cheap airfares were available for flights from 5 March 2016 till 30 January 2017.

Initially, the sale was meant to take place on 5 March only. However, at night on 5 March the company's website was down due to a big number of visits, and Belavia decided to prolong its promotional offer to 6 March.

The press service noted that all technical problems have been fixed, and similar deals will be offered in the future.

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