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29.10.2015

Natalie Tours resumed relations with NT Incoming

Tour operator Natalie Tours sent news release, saying the resumption of cooperation with a Spanish incoming company NT Incoming. Prorogation was about one and a half months. The new cooperation agreement was signed for three years and shall enter into force on 1 November. Natalie Tours and NT Incoming…

29.10.2015

Icarus airline of Pegas Touristik and Katekavia of Anex Tour will get routes of Transaero

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…

29.10.2015

Executive: reserving of New Year tours abroad down 80% in Russia

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…

29.10.2015

Ex-owners of Transaero put together 72% of company’s shares to close deal with Aeroflot

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…

29.10.2015

Transaero shares up 40% in early trading on Moscow Stock Exchange

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,…

29.10.2015

Search engine Bronni.ru stopped working

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…

26.10.2015

Transaero stock down 35%, losing last week’s gains

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…

26.10.2015

Mordashov has increased its stake in the joint venture with TUI to 75%

The structure of Alexei Mordashov Severgroup increases stake in a joint venture with TUI Group, which carry the tourist assets in Russia and the CIS. Share of TUI Group in TUI Russia & CIS will fall from 49% to 25%, the share of "Severgroup" will increase from 51% to 75%. At the same time as the report…

26.10.2015

The number of applications for visas by Russian citizens fell by 37%

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…

26.10.2015

Trip from Moscow to Sheremetyevo airport on the toll road will cost from 80 to 250 rubles

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…

26.10.2015

The amount of liability insurance of Russian tour operators in 2015 has decreased by 50%

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…

26.10.2015

Losses of airlines in Russia in 2015 could reach 30 billion rubles

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,…

26.10.2015

Within a week, Biblio Globus will return 300 million rubles to its tourists

Tour operator Biblio Globus within a week plans to return to its customers, who bought tours with tickets on Transaero, 300 million rubles due to the inability to provide them with transportation, on Tuesday the Managing Director of Biblio Globus Alexander Tugolukov said. "In the next week, we expect…

25.10.2015

Ukrainian sanctions stop air connection with Russia

Russia and Ukraine will completely terminate all air connections with each other as of October 25 following Ukraine’s decision to close its airspace to all Russian aircraft, including direct and transit flights. Astonishment and disbelief was the Kremlin’s first reaction. "Judging from experience…

23.10.2015

Russian transport minister: Only Aeroflot can fill gap after Transaero goes away

Only Aeroflot can close the gap in international flights after Transaero goes away, Russia’s Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov said on Friday. "The most important now, when the license is canceled and the company [Transaero] will not make its flights, all our aviation market will be incompetitive in…

21.10.2015

Aeroflot temporarily authorized to fly Transaero’s 56 international routes

The Russian Ministry of Transport temporarily authorized Aeroflot to fly at 56 international routes of Transaero airline, the ministry said on Wednesday. "The decision was made to issue a temporary authorization to Aeroflot group of companies for 56 out of 156 international routes of Transaero for the…

21.10.2015

Transaero operator certificate to be canceled from October 26

Transaero airline operator certificate will be canceled from October 26, Russia’s Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said Wednesday in the interview with Channel One Russia. "The decree on revoking Transaero operator certificate from October 26, 2015, was signed this morning," Sokolov said. On October…

16.10.2015

Putin urges fulfilling all obligations to Transaero passengers

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged carriage of all passengers of Transaero and solving the problem of employment of the airline’s employees. "First of all I would like to say that it is necessary to fulfill all obligations to passengers," he said at a cabinet meeting. He added that the majority…

16.10.2015

Aeroflot says it is yet to carry 230,000 passengers of Transaero until December 15

Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot will carry 230,000 passengers with tickets of Transaero airline by December 15, Vitaly Saveliev, general director of Aeroflot, said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel. "Approximately 230,000 people (are yet to be carried — TASS) including those of Biblio…

16.10.2015

Transaero cancels 76 flights for October 16 — Aeroflot

Transaero airline cancels 76 flights for 16 October, Aeroflot press service said Thursday. "All other Transaero flights on October 16 are provisionally scheduled to fly as per timetable. If additional flights are cancelled, notification will be provided by the Transaero call center. Passengers on cancelled…

Natalie Tours resumed relations with NT Incoming

Icarus airline of Pegas Touristik and Katekavia of Anex Tour will get routes of Transaero

Executive: reserving of New Year tours abroad down 80% in Russia

Ex-owners of Transaero put together 72% of company’s shares to close deal with Aeroflot

Transaero shares up 40% in early trading on Moscow Stock Exchange

Search engine Bronni.ru stopped working

Transaero stock down 35%, losing last week’s gains

Mordashov has increased its stake in the joint venture with TUI to 75%

The number of applications for visas by Russian citizens fell by 37%

Trip from Moscow to Sheremetyevo airport on the toll road will cost from 80 to 250 rubles

The amount of liability insurance of Russian tour operators in 2015 has decreased by 50%

Losses of airlines in Russia in 2015 could reach 30 billion rubles

Within a week, Biblio Globus will return 300 million rubles to its tourists

Ukrainian sanctions stop air connection with Russia

Russian transport minister: Only Aeroflot can fill gap after Transaero goes away

Aeroflot temporarily authorized to fly Transaero’s 56 international routes

Transaero operator certificate to be canceled from October 26

Putin urges fulfilling all obligations to Transaero passengers

Aeroflot says it is yet to carry 230,000 passengers of Transaero until December 15

Transaero cancels 76 flights for October 16 — Aeroflot

The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years

Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg

Health & Wellness tourism: myths and reality

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