Tour operators continue to cut flight programs to Turkey from Tatarstan. As Kazan travel agents reported, Coral Travel and Pegas Touristic tour operators have canceled one flight. In addition, Pegas Touristic also changed the boards to Antalya to smaller ones: instead of Boeing-777, the flights will…

“On the first flight of the charter chain from Moscow to Tirana, which arrived in the Albanian capital the day before, all the seats were sold,” informed Larisa Akhanova, the head of PR department of TUI Russia tour operator on June 19. TUI Russia is the customer of Ural Airlines flight program. 

The…

Turkey will again be the number one destination for Russian tourists this summer, the Association of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR) has said, according to Interfax. 

Russian tourists have again decided in favor of Turkey for their vacations, which is seen by a 10%-15% rise in demand for…

“More than 6 million Russian tourists will be hosted by Turkey in 2019, the flow of tourists will increase compared to last year,” told the Culture and Tourism Counselor of the Turkish Embassy in Russia, Jelal Kilic. 

"Last year, 6 million Russians visited Turkey. We expect that this year…

Russian tourist flow to Greece this year continues to decline. So, in May, in Heraklion arrived 21% less the Russians than a year earlier – only 32 thousand people. This information was provided by the official statistics of the airport. 

Observers connect this fact with a reduction in the…

On June 1, Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, launched regular flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo to Marseille. The route will be operated five times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays by the 140-seat A320 aircraft. According to OAG Schedules Analyser, Aeroflot will face…

Tour operator Coral Travel (Odeon) is the leader of the Rhodes destination this year in Russia. Five Russian cities with more than million population were chosen for charter program to Diagoras airport (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar). As travel agents say, with…

Russian tourists spent 6 million Euros in Greece in January-March 2019, which is almost 70% more than during the same period last year, the portal Argophilia reports. 

"According to the Bank of Greece, for the first quarter of 2019, the banks’ revenues amounted to 212 million (plus 40%),…

Italian destination is in revitalization. Airlines launches new flights, tour operators go to the new regions of the country and report on high rates of sales.  

The Adriatic coast and Rimini remain in the top of summer Italy, as the most budget Italian resorts. Nevertheless, the Russians…

According to statistics from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the country, over the first four months of the year Turkey was visited by 710.3 thousand Russian tourists, of which 391.6 thousand came in April. 

“From January to April, 710.3 thousand Russian tourists visited Turkey, which…

Tours to Chania (Crete), formed on Ural Airlines flights, have disappeared from the Coral Travel online booking system. Retail partners of the tour operator reported about this on June 5. 

Marina Makarkova, the head of public relations department at Coral Travel, confirmed: the program was…

You can go on excursion tours to Japan with Intourist from eight cities in Russia. In the season-2019, the tour operator Intourist offers sightseeing tours to Japan from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar and Kazan. Philip Obruchev-Mironov, the head of Intourist…

This summer, three new cities of departure for charter flights to Turkey became available to tourists of Coral Travel tour operator. Moreover, prices for tours with departures from new regions are now lower than similar tours with departures from Moscow.  

As Marina Makarkova, the head of…

At the start of the season the Russian tourist flow to Antalya shows a 30% increase compared to last year. However, according to the results of the entire summer season, local hoteliers predict a more not significant growth for the Russian market. 

Against the background of high dynamics…

Since June 1, 2019,  Ellinair operates flights to Thessaloniki twice a week on Airbus A320 (180 passengers) or on Airbus A319 (144 passengers) from international airport Koltzovo in Ekaterinburg. Departure from Koltzovo is planned at 06:35 on Saturday and at 06:00 on Wednesday. Flight duration equals…

On 28-^th of May, 2019, Coral Travel has started the charter program to Greek island Rhodes from Rostov-on-Don (RTD: canceled in June 2019). The program is carried out by Royal Flight on B-737 once a…

29/05/2019 the charter program of Ellin Air to Saloniki was rebirthed. B-737-300 works on this route. This program is ordered by TO Mouzenidis Travel and the group of tour managers also used the first flight to destination for acquaintance with the region as there are many rather popular resorts on…

The tours from Khabarovsk to Antalya on direct charters, which were for the first time launched by ANEX Tour, are being sold unexpectedly well. Also, Coral Travel and PEGAS Touristik have a good demand for Turkey in Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia. 

ANEX Tour operator in the summer season of…

On May 25, the first charter flight of TUI tour operator took place on the route Moscow - Girona (Spain). The flight program will be performed from Domodedovo on the wings of Ural Airlines on Wednesdays and Saturdays until September 21. Such a frequency of departures will allow to form tours of any…