Europe - Russian Travel Digest

15.03.2018

Pobeda airline plans to launch flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kutaisi in autumn 2018

Pobeda airline (part of Aeroflot group), which currently performs daily flights between Rostov-on-Don and Tbilisi, plans to begin regular flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kutaisi (the largest city in Western Georgia). "The regular flights will be carried out, presumably, since September", -…

12.03.2018

Norway counts on the growth of an organized tourist flow from Russia

According to statistics of the border service of the Russian Federal Security Service, in 2017 the flow of tourists from Russia to Norway has grown by 8.9%. In 2018 Norway authorities plan to increase the number of Russian tourists by 15-20%. The number of trips of Russian tourists to Norway has increased…

12.03.2018

Pobeda will increase the summer route network by almost 40%

“Pobeda airline plans to fly on about 80 destinations in the summer season of 2018 (from late March to late October) in comparison with 58 in last summer”, - the carrier said. In particular, the map of flights from Moscow will grow by 42%, up to 44 destinations, from St. Petersburg - more than 2 times,…

07.03.2018

In spring 2018 Siberia Airlines will launch flights from St. Petersburg to Pisa

Siberia Airlines (part of S7 group) starts a new flight St. Petersburg - Pisa on March 26, 2018. According to the report of the group, the flights will be performed by A319 planes on Mondays and Fridays. Departure from St. Petersburg is scheduled at 8:15, arriving time to Pisa airport is 10:50; return…

05.03.2018

The Russian tourist flow to Czech Republic increased by 35.3% in 2017

“Russia entered into the TOP-5 of the main incoming markets for Czech Republic with the fourth position. According to the rate of annual growth of the tourist flow, the country is on the second line”, - these are the data of the Central Statistical Office of Czech Republic (ČSÚ). Germany remains as the…

02.03.2018

Tour operators note a significant increase of sales of winter Austria

According to preliminary data from the Austrian side, following the results of 2017 the number of arrivals of Russian tourists to Austria amounted 338 thousand (+ 24.1%). As reported in the Austrian Tourism Office in Moscow, the number of nights of Russian visitors increased by 18.3% - up to 1,156,000…

22.02.2018

The direct flights to Dresden from St. Petersburg will help tour operators

Since the end of April Germania airline will launch direct flights from Dresden to St. Petersburg by Boeing 737-700 with 148 economy-class seats. After three years the air carrier returns on the Russian market. Tour operators are ready to form their programs to Germany by flights of this airline. The…

21.02.2018

Tourist flow from Russia to Germany is growing due to independent tourists

As reported at the National Tourism Office of Germany, according to the results of 2017, visa centers of German Embassy noted 16% increase (against 2016) of the number of applications for a tourist Schengen visa. In 2017 in Moscow 194 thousand applications were processed, in Kaliningrad - 28 thousand…

13.02.2018

Germania will launch direct flights from St. Petersburg to Dresden next spring

“German airline Germania plans to open direct scheduled flights from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport to German Dresden from 26 April 2018”, - reports the press service of the airport. The flights are scheduled to be performed twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from Dresden to St. Petersburg and on…

12.02.2018

Georgian Airways plans to launch flights from Tbilisi to Kazan in spring

“Georgian Airways has received permission from the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation to carry out direct regular flights between Tbilisi and Kazan in spring 2018”, - reported the General Director of the airline Givi Davitashvili. "Georgian Airways will perform direct flights on the route…

09.02.2018

The Russian tourist flow to the UK almost reached pre-crisis levels

In 2012 Britain, according to the Office of National Statistics of the Government of United Kingdom, was visited by 227 thousand Russians, in 2013 - 191 thousand, the peak was in 2014 - 227 thousand arrivals from Russia. Then the recession began in 2015 - 139 thousand arrivals of the citizens of Russian…

25.01.2018

Zermatt is one of the most popular ski resorts in Switzerland

“Zermatt is one of the three most popular resorts in Switzerland. This year the number of Russian tourists there has increased significantly for the winter holidays”, - reported the representative of the Switzerland Tourism Office Svetlana Medox. "For the past winter season 45 thousand Russian tourists…

23.01.2018

S7 Airlines will launch flights from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen and Stockholm in the summer 2018

“S7 Airlines will begin fly from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen and Stockholm in the summer 2018”, - the carrier's press service reported. The flights to Copenhagen will be carried out on Tuesdays and Saturdays from June 2, 2018. Departure time from Pulkovo is 7:40, arrival time to Copenhagen - 9:00 of…

12.01.2018

Alitalia will resume the second daily flight Rome - Moscow from May

“Alitalia will resume its second daily flight between Rome and Moscow on May 2, 2018”, - reported the Russian representative office of the company. "The flights will depart from Moscow at 16:40 and arrive to Rome at 19:35 of local time. The flights will be performed by Airbus A320", - informed the source.…

05.01.2018

South-eastern regions of Finland expect this year to increase the flow of tourists from Russia by 10%

“The number of Russian tourists in southeast regions of Finland is constantly growing. It is expected that by the end of 2017 the Russians will make more than 2.6 million trips to the southeast regions of Finland, which is almost 10% more than in 2016”, - informs the portal YLE. According to the information…

22.12.2017

RusLine airline will launch flights from Belgorod to Vienna on December 24

“From December 24, 2017 RusLine airline will begin to perform regular flight program Belgorod – Vienna”, - informed the press service of Belgorod airport. Flights will be carried out on Wednesdays and Sundays by CRJ-200 airplane with 50 seats. Departure from Belgorod is planned at 7:25, arrival to Vienna…

18.12.2017

Lapland is the leader of the New Year's demand for family tourists from Russia

Demand for Scandinavian direction in the winter season has increased. Among the Northern countries Finland is the leader of demand. According to tour operators, this winter the demand for tours to the Nordic countries rose from 30% to 70% both for the New Year's dates and for whole winter season. As…

14.12.2017

UTair launches flights from Moscow to Milan

“UTair airline has begun flights between Moscow and Milan”, - told the press service of the company. Flights are performed daily by Boeing 737-500 airplanes, which have a capacity of 8 seats in business class and 108 seats in economy. Flight UT 787 takes off from Moscow (Vnukovo airport) at 10:25 and…

14.12.2017

Tour operators expand flight programs to Adzharia on the background of growth of Russian tourist flow

Due to the growth of tourist flow to autonomous republic of Adzharia (Georgia), Russian tour operators are expanding their flight programs to the region. The flow of tourists from Russia to Adzharia for the first 11 months of 2017 amounted almost 95 thousand people, while at the end of 2015 32 thousand…

12.12.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Georgia increased by one third in 2017

“More than 1.3 million Russians visited Georgia in January-November 2017, which is 33.4% more than in the same period in 2016 (when 980 thousand Russian tourists visited the country)”, - according to statistics published on the website of Georgian National Tourism Administration. Russia took the third…