Airplane Plus

2024: Attraction of RUB 825 mln of investments

At the end of July 2024, it became known that the Samolet Plus apartment digital solutions service, owned by the Samolet developer, successfully completed the pre-IPO procedure, attracted ₽825 million investments.

The placement of an additional issue of shares took place on the investment platform Zorko under a closed subscription. The cost of one security was ₽275. As a result of the successful attraction of the maximum amount of funds, the capitalization of "Airplane Plus" reached ₽21,2 billion.

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About 2000 private investors took part in the pre-IPO, with about half of the placement volume coming from institutional players. It is expected that over the next three months, trading in the company's shares in the over-the-counter segment of the Moscow Exchange will be organized.

Founded in 2022, Airplane Plus is a multifunctional service covering a wide range of real estate services. The company is engaged not only in the search, purchase, sale and rental of objects, but also provides services for interior design, repair, furnishing, as well as the organization of cleaning, moving and evaluating real estate. Additionally, the service offers digital solutions for real estate management, providing a full cycle of support.

According to the management reports of the Airplane group, the GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) indicator of the Airplane Plus service for 2023 reached ₽473 billion, excluding transactions in the projects of the parent company. In 2024, this indicator is scheduled to grow to ₽937 billion, and by 2026 it is expected to reach ₽2,25 trillion.

Dmitry Volkov, chairman of the board of directors and founder of Airplane Plus, announced the company's plans to conduct a full-fledged IPO in the first quarter of 2026. The current pre-IPO is seen as an important stage in preparation for this event. Volkov noted that the funds raised will be used to further develop technologies and expand the company's range of services.^[1]

2022: Service Launch

On May 31, 2022, the Samolet group announced the launch of a real estate fijital service.

"Airplane Plus" is a synergy of the online platform and service offices throughout Russia. All services for buying, selling, renting real estate throughout Russia, as well as various additional services from relocation assistance and furnishing to insurance services will be collected on one digital platform. Since the beginning of April 2022, 12 Airplane Plus offices have already been opened, and on June 1, the beta version of the digital platform started.

The platform can be used both independently and with the help of professionals in offices that will open in settlements with a population of 5 thousand people. In the coming years, it is planned to open about 3 thousand Airplane Plus offices. All actions on the platform will be carried out through the personal account of the user or agent.

The service has become a full-fledged professional and fintech project in fijital format created by the developer. In 2022 alone, the audience of the platform can reach 3 million users, and the total amount of transactions through the platform is 0.5 trillion rubles. Until 2025, Airplane Plus plans to occupy at least 20% of the share of the real estate and agency services market of the Russian Federation.

In the future, the platform will be filled with three blocks of services: operations with residential and commercial real estate and related services (mortgage, valuation, insurance); services at the stage of waiting for a new apartment (trade-in with accommodation, car by subscription, refinancing, design project, furnishing and repair); services for life - travel, medical services and others.

The service will make it possible to select, compare and receive financial services to the same extent as the real estate objects themselves. On the site it will be possible to compare mortgage programs, choose the best and get approval, order insurance services. "Aircraft Plus" will allow you to collect an individual package of services and include them in the DDU. Thus, in a number of positions, "Airplane Plus" will make it possible to make customers the most profitable offer on the market. With regular use of the platform, the client will be able to take advantage of loyalty programs.

At the first stage of launch on "Airplane Plus" you can choose an apartment for purchase in a new building or in the secondary market, at least 10 types of services will be available to users. On the platform for May 2022, more than 100 thousand apartments and other types of real estate are presented: projects of the Airplane group, regional new buildings and secondary housing. The geography covers more than 90 cities of Russia and is based on the company's proposal and the basis of the largest real estate agency Perspektiva 24.

If we talk about the advantages for customers, it is necessary to note the convenience of using "Airplane Plus": you can choose both the format of independent work and receiving services through the agency with the help of a professional, which is especially important for older people and regional audiences. In addition, the platform will provide an equally large line of services of the same quality level in any city of presence, - said Dmitry Volkov, managing partner of Airplane Plus. "We plan that about 30 million people will use the service in the horizon of 4 years."

The service is intended to have a positive impact on the real estate market as a whole. For local developers, as well as service representatives, the platform will become an additional sales channel and access to both local audiences and consumers throughout the country. For professional realtors - access to a huge database of real estate offers. And the Airplane Plus franchise will be able to interest those who are ready to open their own small enterprise. The total number of employees of the Airplane Plus offices will be up to 15 thousand people.

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