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26.09.2016

Three air carriers apply for international flights from Moscow's new airport

Ikar, Vim-Avia and Nordavia air carriers have applied for operating international flights from Zhukovsky airport in the Moscow Region, according to the documents released by Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) on Tuesday. The information on flights operated by those companies from Zhukovsky…

20.09.2016

The new countries appeared in the Top of New Year destinations.

And the average price of tickets decreased. This New Year's Top directions, which choose the Russians, has changed. These are data from the analysis of air ticket aggregator “Anywayanyday”, which analyzed the sale of direct flights from Moscow for the period from the beginning of the year till mid-September.…

19.09.2016

Outgoing flow fell by 13% for the first half of the year.

“The Russian outcoming flow decreased for the first six months 2016 by 13.1% in comparison to the same period of the last year and amounted 13.2 million trips”, - reported "Interfax" on Thursday September 8 referring to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (RosStat). According to the…

19.09.2016

EU: almost 70% of issued Schengen visas to Russians are multi-entry ones.

During the year after the introduction of biometrics in Russia, the share of Schengen muli-visa issued to Russian travelers increased by 10% and reached 68% of the total – informed the official Twitter of the EU Office in Russia. "In 2015 in Russia 3.4 million Schengen visas were issued, including…

16.09.2016

“Sochi” airport has improved the forecast of growth of passenger’s flow in 2016 by 22%.

"Sochi" international airport plans to serve more than 5 million passengers in 2016 - reported the press-service of "Basel Aero" company, which manages by all airports in Krasnodar Region. As it was informed, following the results of 2015 the passenger’s traffic reached 4.088 million people. Thus, this…

15.09.2016

ATOR: sales of holiday tours by tour operators in Russia have increased over 20% during the summer time

The tourist industry representatives appreciate the volume of growth of domestic tourist flow at summer time 2016 by 20% in comparison with the last year - the portal "Interfax-Tourism” was reported in the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) on Wednesday. Thus, the "NTK Intourist” company…

15.09.2016

Golodets: Crimea and the Caucasus will win competition for tourists against Turkey.

The opening of the tourist destination for Russian travelers to Turkey will accelerate the development of resorts in the Crimea and Caucasus - believes the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Olga Golodets. "This fact only increases the requirements for the infrastructure and development of…

14.09.2016

Rosturizm (Federal Tourism Agency) appreciated tourist season 2016 as a successful.

“Summer tourist season 2016 was successful, without force majeure and bankruptcies of travel companies”, - told reporters the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov on Monday. “The season was stable, according to the previously planned regime, there were no extra returns, everyone, who wanted…

13.09.2016

Rosturizm is expecting the growth of internal tourists flow at 10-15% according to the results of the year.

“Rosturizm (Federal Tourism Agency) is expecting the growth of internal tourists flow until the end of 2016 by 10-15%”, - said the Head of the Agency Oleg Safonov on Monday. “The ruble fell against the euro and the dollar – it is important. But no one can deny the fact that the quality of the internal…

12.09.2016

Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST): the number of foreigners trips to Russia for the purpose of tourism increased by 10% in the first half year

“The number of trips taken by foreigners to Russia with the purpose of tourism in the first half of 2016 increased by 10% in comparison with the same period of the last year and amounted to 1.2 million” - the press-secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina reported the portal "Interfax-Tourism"…

31.08.2016

ATOR: after charter flights launching the cost of all inclusive week on Turkey resorts is 33 thousand rubles for two persons.

Russian tour operators offered tours to Turkey by charter flights with the price from 33 thousand rubles for two persons for a week on the base of "all inclusive" system - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Wednesday. According to ATOR information, since September 6 the cost…

26.08.2016

ATOR: the price for tours to Thailand fell by more than 10% in dollars.

The average cost of a week tour to Thailand fell in August by 10-12% in dollars in comparison with the same month of last year - the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) informed on Friday. According to the report «the average cost of a week tour with departure from Moscow to Phuket now is $…

22.08.2016

Investigation of FlyDubai Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don nearing completion

The investigation of the criminal case over the crash of a Boeing passenger plane of the FlyDubai air carrier at Rostov-on-Don airport is nearing completion, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Monday. "The Boeing crash criminal case is practically at the final stage,"…

03.08.2016

Turkey lost $840 mln from dwindled Russian tourist flow — travel official

Turkey lost $840 million from a contraction in the tourist flow from Russia in the first half of 2016, according to data released by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Tuesday. "As the Russian tourist flow has shrunk by 87% this year, Turkey has lost $840 million. Instead of 1.5 million…

17.06.2016

Aeroflot Group plans to finish 2016 with profit — company's head

The Aeroflot Group plans to end 2016 with a profit under Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), said Head of the Aeroflot Group Vitaliy Saveliev told reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. The company…

22.03.2016

The number of travel agencies in Russia reduced by 30% over two years

The number of travel agencies, operating in Russia, decreased by around 30% over the past two years, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina reported. "The decline in demand for international trips, a reduction of charter programs, the closure of Turkey and Egypt…

21.03.2016

Vnukovo airport decreased passenger traffic in February by 23%

In February 2016, Vnukovo airport decreased its passenger traffic by 23%, to 690 thousand people, according to the information of the airport. On domestic routes index increased by 6.4% to 576.1 thousand people, on international it dropped by 67% to 114.3 thousand. The most popular international destinations…

21.03.2016

Most of passengers of crashed Fly Dubai flight were tourists

«Most of passengers of flight FZ981 crashed on Saturday in Rostov-on-Don, were tourists, according to the information of Russian Union of Travel Industry. Natalie Tours had the biggest amount of seats on this flight. "The aircraft is designed for 180 seats, it was downloaded for less than a third,..»…

19.03.2016

Boeing of FlyDubai crashed in south Russia

A total of 61 people, including the crew, who were on board a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet bound from Dubai, were killed in a crash in southern Russia’s Rostov-on-Don airport. "According to specified information, there were 55 passengers and six crew members on board," a source said. "According to preliminary…

15.03.2016

In two years, the number of outgoing tour operators dropped three times

A number of outgoing tour operators in Russia for two years has decreased three times, the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze reported.

In 2014 there were about 2 000 outgoing tour operators in Russia, now there are only 600," Lomidze…