Rosaviatsia has published an official message on the opening of flights from Russia to Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania. Both regular and charter flights are allowed.
According to the official statement of the Federal Air Transport Agency, on August 1, 2020, international air traffic resumes…
Aeroflot's subsidiary, low-cost airline Pobeda, following the parent company, began selling air tickets to Turkey, presenting the largest range of flights to this country. The flights will start from the beginning of August from Moscow. The flights from St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg with change…
Since July 20, the French visa centers in Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saratov and Khabarovsk have resumed their work. But tourists can’t get visas yet.
Russia’s Ministry for Development of the Far East and Arctic will analyze points of tourist attraction in the Arctic and will decide before the yearend how to organize infrastructures there, Deputy Minister Alexander Krutikov said.
According to the ministry, by 2035, up to 3 million people…
Bulgaria has clarified the latest changes in the rules for foreigners. The innovations do not concern Russian tourists. From July 16, Bulgaria is ready to allow visiting the country only for certain categories of citizens of the Russian Federation.
Turkey is actively commenting on the possible resumption of flights with Russia. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismayiloglu said that the two countries had agreed to restore air traffic. According to representatives of the Turkish tourism industry, the return of the largest inbound…
The Russian airline Aeroflot is planning to launch flights between Tallinn and Moscow in August, but Tallinn Airport and the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications said that the opening of routes nevertheless depends on the epidemiological situation in Russia and the number of new…
The Russian tourism industry has lost 187 billion Euros over the past six months due to coronavirus, and it will take at least a year and a half to restore the industry to pre-crisis levels, president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Andrei Ignatiev said, citing data from the Federal Tourism…
Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Agency for Health and Consumer Rights) has compiled a list of countries that will be opened for Russian tourists at the first stage of the restoration of international air traffic.
It is noted that the list includes 13 countries of the world: the United Kingdom,…
Borders have not yet been opened, but foreign flights are gradually beginning to “penetrate” in the schedule of major Russian carriers. S7 Airlines has included Spain (Alicante) and France (Nice) in its schedule. According to the information on the carrier’s website, tickets to Spain on July 10 and…
On Wednesday, July 8, the Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko said that Russia is ready for mutual work on opening borders with other countries.
“Russia is not interested in introducing any restrictions and closing the borders ... This is a matter of bilateral relations and the…
As Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, State Secretary Evgeny Ivanov said, citizens of 113 countries will be able to enter the Russian Federation with an electronic visa from January 2021.
“We expect that from January 2021, citizens of 113 states will be able to enter Russia…
As the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg reported, Finnish visa centers in Vyborg, Veliky Novgorod and Vologda have been working on issuing passports with approved visas since July, 6. But, visa applications are still on hold.
On March 20, Finland suspended the acceptance and…
Finnair airline canceled the sale of tickets for flights to Moscow in August. Among the Russian destinations, only flights to St. Petersburg remained in the schedule of the national carrier of Finland.
This follows from the information posted on Saturday, July 4, in the Finnair reservation…
In July, Russians will most likely not have the opportunity for air travel to Turkey and other countries of near and far abroad. The ban on international air traffic has been extended, but experts do not exclude that there are chances to fly abroad earlier, if the epidemiological situation normalizes.
The authorities of the Mediterranean state announced their unwillingness to host Russian tourists from August 1. Experts are restrained in assessing the dates of resuming flights.
Today, July 3, the Government of Cyprus decided to refrain from receiving tourists from Russia. Despite the…
According to the forecast of the Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, the border between the countries can be opened only in late July - early August. The Belarusian airline Belavia’s decision to extend the suspension of flights to Russia until July 31 meets these forecasts. Until this…
Bulgarian resorts are asking the authorities to speed up the arrival of tourists from Russia. The Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria, in turn, promises not to delay the provision of subsidies for charters and solve the problem as quickly as possible.
Tez Tour opens its own host company in Turkey. The decision was made in connection with the new strategic plans of the tour operator. This was announced by the tour operator on July 1.
“We considered that the decision to open the office in Turkey right now is quite justified. Due to the…
The Federal Tourism Agency hopes to return foreign tourists no later than in January 2021, after the introduction of an electronic visa throughout Russia, the department head Zarina Doguzova said at a press conference.
"We have a key support measure for inbound tourism - this is the start…
