On the 5-th of July 2019 the anniversary flight to the capital of China took place from the Russian airport Kolzovo (Ekaterinburg). That was ten years ago when “Ural Airways” fulfilled the 1-st flight from Ekaterinburg to Beijing. This regular flight started in 2009 was strategic for the economic…

“Airplanes of Rossia Airlines (part of Aeroflot Group) resume direct flights on the route Moscow (Sheremetyevo) – Colombo (Sri Lanka),” the press-service of the airline reported. 

“The direct flights to the biggest city of Sri Lanka are conducted from Sheremetyevo International Airport.…

Every year Japan becomes more and more attractive for Russians. And if earlier the demand intensified in the spring months, during the flowering of sakura, and in autumn, when the season of the “red maples” begins, now the tourists have tasted summer Japan.  

Russia is in the top three countries…

Russia’s third largest air carrier by passenger numbers, Ural Airlines (based in Ekaterinburg), wants to start daily flights between Mumbai and Moscow. The airline recently conducted its inaugural Mumbai — Moscow flight. “India is being the most (fastest) developing country in the world, we are trying…

Aeroflot and Vietnam Airlines have signed an agreement on the joint operation of domestic and international flights (code-sharing) in Vietnam and Russia. It was reported by the press service of the Russian airline. Code-sharing applies to Aeroflot flights on the following routes: Moscow (Sheremetyevo)…

From July 1, Rossia Airlines (a subsidiary of Aeroflot) resumes direct flights from Moscow to Denpasar (Indonesia, Bali). Flights will be operated twice a week.  The flights are carried out according to the following schedule:  from Moscow to Denpasar by flight SU6295 on Mondays and Thursdays at 01:40…

ANEX Tour operator and other market players opened in May sales of New Year tours to the Maldives with transportation of Aeroflot regular flights.  

This year Aeroflot, in its winter schedule, performs one flight per day (SU 320 SVO-F-MLE 22:30 - 09:35 + 1) to Malé airport (the capital of…

Sri Lanka’s tour operators are slashing hotel rates and pushing promotions in key markets like Russia to woo visitors back to its deserted beaches after deadly Easter bombings battered the island country’s tourism industry, Business Standard reports. 

Tourism, an important driver of Sri…

The Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the Maldives Republic, Sergey Lavrov and Abdulla Shahid, will sign an agreement on the mutual abolition of visas. “On June 25, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey V. Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign…

In the first quarter of 2019 the Russian tourist flow to the exotic island destinations of the Indian Ocean continued to grow. In total, for the first quarter of 2019 73,764 tourists from the Russian Federation visited the exotic island destinations of the Indian Ocean - the Seychelles, Maldives,…

A 50% drop in charter arrivals from Russia was witnessed in India’s Goa during the recently concluded holiday season compared to the previous year, the Times of India reports. According to official data, 62,000 less Russian tourists visited Goa’s tourist resorts. 

Local officials say that…

From January to March of this year the number of Russian tourists visiting Indonesia showed a 16% increase compared with a similar period last year. It was reported in the Republic’s tourist office in Russia (VITO Russia). 

“From January to March 2019 46 365 Russian tourists visited Indonesia.…

Azur Air, the biggest charter airline in Russia, has launched regular weekly Boeing 767-300 flights from Moscow’s Vnukovo to China’s Taiyuan, with the new flight program targeting Chinese tourists visiting Russia, the company announced. 

Until recently, Azur Air has provided only outbound…

S7 Airlines and Royal Flight have announced that they plan to launch flights to Taiwan from the end of May. It concerns only the flights from Vladivostok and Moscow. This was reported by International Radio of Taiwan with reference to the data of the local civil aviation authority. 

According…

“Tourist flow from Russia to Thailand in the first quarter of this year decreased within the limits of statistical error - by 0.56%, while tourists' expenses decreased by 1.6%”, Phuket News reported. 

In March, Russian tourists made 194.5 thousand trips to Thailand, which is 1.3% less than…

According to the schedule on the Aeroflot website, the flights operated by Rossia Airlines (part of Aeroflot group) from Moscow to Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Denpasar (Indonesia, Bali Island), will be canceled after May 11 until July 2019. Tourists are offered a refund "within 30 days." 

As…

The largest volume of transportation to Thailand from Moscow during low season is performed by Biblio-Globus tour operator - two weekly flights of Rossiya Airlines to Phuket and Bangkok. Thus, flights to Phuket will be operated from April 15 to April 22 three times a week, from April 23 to October…

Minimum prices for summer Thailand are indeed lower than in winter, and this gives a hope for tour operators for some activation of sales after the May holidays. 

Now tour operators can sell tours for 7 nights in a 3* hotel in Thailand with departures in June or September from 66 thousand…