The Kremlin considers it incorrect to talk about any consequences for Russian-Turkish relations after the incident with Russia’s Sukhoi Su-24 warplane, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
"It would be wrong now to give any assessments, assumptions or make any conclusions…
Russian security service FSB’s conclusion the A321 passenger jet of Russia’s Kogalymavia airlines that was carrying home more than two hundred holidaymakers fell apart in the air over the Sinai Peninsula when a bomb planted on board went off made the federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya to urge…
Restrictions on trips abroad for Russian nationals are not discussed, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. As [Deputy Foreign Minister} Oleg Syromolotov said [addressing the Federation Council], the Foreign Ministry is not addressing this issue, and no discussion is under…
No plans for the introduction of Soviet-style 'exit' visas for the Russians going abroad have ever been discussed in Moscow, a high-rank source at the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Friday. "No doubt, members of parliament should voice their opinions on the problems of all sorts but in this case…
The staff of Transaero airline must be informed within the shortest possible time that they need to leave the company, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency said in a statement following a meeting on employment of Transaero workers. "It was strongly recommended to Deputy Director General of Transaero…
In St. Petersburg, a decline in sales of tours abroad after the collapse of the A321 in Egypt felt more than in other cities of Russia, the executive director of Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze reported.
"This tragedy has touched so many residents of the city whose relatives,…
Operations of Boeing 737 aircraft will be continued, Head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko said Friday. "The meeting attendees were unanimous in saying that currently there are no grounds for decommissioning Boeing 737 aircraft, which are registered in other states in Bermuda,…
Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, which belonged to the former owner of Cherkizovsky market in Moscow Telman Ismailov, on Monday was sold at auction, according to the Turkish edition Hurriyett.
A state Halkbank is the only participant of the auction . It proposed…
Businessman Vladislav Filev withdrawing from the deal for the acquisition of Transaero shares is a violation of an agreement with the current shareholders, the wife of Transaero shareholder Alexander Pleshakov Olga Pleshakova said in her Twitter blog on Tuesday. On November 2 Filev’s representative said…
Outstanding legal claims of third parties in respect of Russian Transaero airline’s shares prevented the Russian businessman and co-owner of S7 airline Vladislav Filev from buying the controlling stake and resulted in his exit from the deal, his spouse and co-owner of S7 Natalia Fileva and the shareholder’s…
Icarus airline affiliated with tour operator Pegas Touristik and Katekavia airline affiliated with Anex Tour, joined the campaign to get several routes of Transaero. As reported at the Federal Air Transport Agency, Icarus airline will start to operate regular flights from Moscow to Blagoveshchensk and…
Advanced reserving of New Year tours to foreign countries has fallen dozens of percent in Russia while St Petersburg, Sochi, Moscow, and Kazan remain the most popular destinations for the holidaymakers during the New Year/Christmas vacations, officials at the Russian State Agency for Tourism told TASS…
Former owners of Transaero air carrier (the Pleshakov family) have put together 72% of the company’s shares for closing the deal with Aeroflot, Transaero’s former CEO Olga Pleshakova wrote in her Twitter microblog. Part of the shares was held in pawn in one of the state banks. Another state bank was…
Transaero shares increased by 40% to 10.95 rubles per share in the early trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange on Tuesday. On October 26 Olga Pleshakova, the former CEO of Transaero, summed the activities of the airline which has been on the market since 1991. "Transaero has served over 86 million passengers,…
On Tuesday, October 27, the users of the search fengine "Bronni.ru" discovered that the site is not available, the telephones are disabled, and search modules integrated on agencies' web pages are not working. Later, "Bronni.ru" to restore the site and all the services, but the phone is still switched…
Shares of Transaero airline plunged by 35.5% on the Moscow Exchange on Monday to 7.1 rubles per share after falling by 22% at the opening trade. On October 21, Transaero stock soared 187% in the course of trading. Experts say the surge last week was backed not by major investors but by small speculators…
For the year, the number of applications for visas of Russians to foreign countries fell by 37%, the press service of Visa To Home, citing data from visa centers, reported.
The company noted that the compared the number of applications submitted from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2015 with the period…
Fares from Moscow to the Sheremetyevo airport on the new toll highway M-11 "Moscow - St. Petersburg" for cars will range from 80 to 250 rubles, depending on travel time and the method of payment. Paid mode will be launched on November 16, 2015. "Closed" system of toll collection will allow users to pay…
The total amount of insurance coveraged responsibility of tour operators in Russia in 2015 decreased by half compared with the previous year, amounting to 20 billion rubles, the director of department of the insurance market of the Bank of Russia Igor Zhuk told. If last year the responsibility of tour…
The Russian Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT) predicts the cumulative loss of air carriers of the Russian Federation at the end of this year at the level of 25-30 billion rubles, the head of AEVT Vladimir Tasun told. According to Vladimir Tasun, the industry is in difficult financial situation,…
