Josh Cahill's latest video, "Drone Attacks & Caviar - my WILD Ride on Russia's National Airline!", documents a business class flight on Aeroflot from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) aboard an Airbus A350. The flight took place against the backdrop of Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, with Aeroflot operating under heavy Western sanctions that have cut the airline off from most international markets and spare-parts supply chains. Cahill has covered Aeroflot five times previously, dating back to a 2019 A320 business class review and a 2021 A321-200 flight to Moscow — making this his first look at the carrier's wide-body product on the Bangkok route.
Booking and Pre-Flight
Cahill boarded at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, which he has used as a departure point for several previous reviews, including a Thai Airways A350 flight assessed just over a year before this video. The Bangkok–Moscow route is one of the few long-haul international services Aeroflot has maintained since the 2022 sanctions, and the Airbus A350 is the aircraft type Cahill said he was impressed by on this trip — a notable contrast to his 2019 assessment, when he described Aeroflot as having "one of the most outdated cabins in the world" on an earlier product.
The A350 hard product drew straightforwardly positive comments from Cahill. He described being impressed by both the seat and the overall cabin, which represented a significant step up from the narrow-body configurations he had reviewed on Aeroflot in earlier years. The airline's A350 fleet is among the aircraft it has been able to retain domestically, though international operations remain constrained.
Service and Catering
Crew interaction came early in the review. Cahill noted (4:29) that the cabin crew were kind and attentive from the outset, a marked improvement over the slow service he had criticized on Aeroflot's A321 back in 2021. The crew introduced themselves and maintained consistent contact throughout the flight — the kind of detail Cahill tends to flag when it works and when it doesn't.
“The dining experience here on Aeroflot was fantastic.”
The food arrived promptly (8:25) and included caviar — the item referenced in the video's title. Cahill described the overall dining experience as outstanding, citing both food quality and the speed of service. Aeroflot's catering has historically been one of the more consistent elements of its product; even in his mixed 2024 review of a flight to Russia during wartime, Cahill had praised the food while noting the broader difficulties of traveling there. The A350 business class meal service appeared to reinforce that pattern.
The Holding Pattern and Arrival at Sheremetyevo
The flight did not proceed without incident. Well into the approach, Cahill observed (15:50) that the aircraft was placed in a holding pattern over Moscow due to drone attacks on the city — a detail that gave the video its headline and underscored the operational realities of flying into Russia in 2025. The delay was not brief, and Cahill documented the experience directly rather than treating it as background context.
The flight eventually landed at Sheremetyevo International Airport, which Cahill had last visited in December 2021 for his "RUSSIA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANE" video on the same carrier. That earlier review had praised the hard product but criticized slow service — a complaint that did not resurface here.
Assessment
Cahill's overall verdict was strongly positive. He described Aeroflot as offering a world-class business class experience despite the sanctions environment, citing the catering and service as the two strongest elements. The A350 cabin itself — the hard product — also drew praise, consistent with his general view that the aircraft type tends to elevate the experience regardless of carrier.
“The crew on Aeroflot was very kind and attentive, providing excellent service throughout the flight.”
No other aviation creator has reviewed Aeroflot's Bangkok–Moscow product within the past two years, which makes Cahill's account one of the few recent documented assessments of the airline's long-haul business class in its current sanctioned state. His coverage of Aeroflot now spans six videos across seven years, tracking the airline from an outdated narrow-body product in 2019 through to what he describes as a genuinely competitive wide-body offering in 2025 — the drone holding pattern notwithstanding.
