[saiya-jin]

Aeroflot was widely regarded as worst international airline (on par with say Nepal airlines but for very different reasons) way before any invasion started. Typical russian mentality and alcoholism is simply not a good match to highly structured and regulated environment of very complex machinery.

Everybody I know tried hard when travelling from Europe to Asia to avoid using them, even when they were often the cheapest.

[don_esteban]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Aeroflot-from-worlds...

Some regional Russian carriers were pretty bad, but Aeroflot was not.

[genocidicbunny]

There's a reason that passengers on Aeroflot used to applaud a successful landing.

[foverzar]

It's not just "passengers on Aeroflot". It's an old airtravel tradition that lots of people find to be quite wholesome.

Do you say a polite "thank you" to a cashier? Well that's a similar thing - thanking aircrew for their labour.

https://enroute.aircanada.com/en/aviation/clapping-when-plan...

https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/68259/when-and-wh...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/kiwi-traveller/131118567/flig...

https://www.skytough.com/post/why-do-people-clap-when-the-pl...

https://executiveflyers.com/why-do-people-clap-when-the-plan...

Some people find it irritating though, but who cares about these boring prunes.