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11.10.2016

The airline company S7 starts flights to Turin

The airline company S7 will start weekly direct flights to Turin from December 24. The flights will be carried out by Airbus A320, equipped with economy and business class sections. Tickets are already on sale. "The S7 expands its flight geography to Italy in the winter schedule and offers flights to…

05.10.2016

The number of Russians visiting Georgia increased by 13% for the first 9 months

“For the period January-September 2016 Georgia was visited by 832 thousand Russian citizens, which is 13.4% more than in the same period of 2015”, - said the Information and Analytical Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry on Monday. In the third quarter of this year the number of visitors from…

30.09.2016

Finland may close Imatra - Svetogorsk checkpoint in the night time

“The tourist flow from Russia is falling three years yet, but the workload on the Finnish border guards is growing, because the reduction of staff is carry out”, - told reporters the commander of the border detachment in the southeastern part of Finland Isto Colonel Kurki on Wednesday. "Since 2014 we…

27.09.2016

Norway hopes to attract more Russian tourists this winter

“Norway expects slight increase of tourist flow from Russia during upcoming winter season. Among its proposals - ski, fishing and eco-tourism”, said the Norway's ambassador in Russia Leydulv Namtvedt. "In the coming winter season we expect the number of tourists from Russia on the same level as the last…

19.09.2016

"Biblio Globus" aimed at Andorra

It became known to Russian Travel Digest that the "Biblio Globus" company decided to enter on the new direction - Andorra in coming winter season. The company plans to launch flights from Moscow to Barcelona by "Rossia" carrier twice a week. Experts note that Andorra in winter season -2016/2017 has serious…

19.09.2016

"VIM-AVIA" is to launch flights from “Zhukovsky” airport to Frankfurt.

“The airline company "VIM-AVIA", which received permission from the aviation authorities of the Russian Federation to implement regular flights from "Zhukovsky" airport to Frankfurt, is intending to expand the range of the flights to the other destinations from the new airport”, - the representative…

07.09.2016

Austrian Aviation authorities asked to stop selling tickets of "Pobeda" airlines company to Vienna.

“The Aviation authorities of Austria unhappy with the fact that the Russian airline company "Pobeda" (a group of "Aeroflot") sells tickets for destination Moscow - Vienna without direct air flights license in this direction” – reported the Federal Air Transport Agency. It concerns the special service…

07.07.2016

Russia, Georgia continue efforts to ease visa regime — ministry

Moscow and Tbilisi are discussing simplification of the visa regime between the two countries, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday, adding that the work continues. "Speaking about simplification of the visa regime with Georgia, the discussion is under way despite…

10.06.2016

Moldova’s new air carrier Fly One to launch regular air service with Russia from June

Moldova’s new air carrier, Fly One, plans to launch regular air service with Russia’s Moscow, St. Petersburg and Voronezh, and with a number of European cities from June, the company’s director general, Nicu Berla, told a news conference on Monday. The new air carrier is ready to offer its clients nine…

19.05.2016

After 18 months of decline, arrivals from Russia to Estonia began to grow

In March 2016 the tourists’ flow, both of local and foreign tourists, has increased. The tourists’ flow from Russia to Estonia has increased the first time over the past year and a half, according to the country's Department of Statistics. Total in March 13 23 people from Russia came to Estonia. The…

04.05.2016

Czech Airlines launched flights from Prague to Kazan

The national airline of the Czech Republic, Czech Airlines, completed the first flight on the route Prague - Kazan - Prague, according to the press service of the Ministry of Transportation of Tatarstan. The company will perform two flights on Wednesdays and Sundays with departure from Prague at 22:05.…

07.04.2016

Aeroflot fully resumes flying to Brussels from April 8 — airline

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot will fully resume flights from Moscow to Brussels and back to Moscow from April 8, the airline said on its website on Thursday. The company said earlier flights SU2618 en route from Moscow to Brussels and SU2619 from Brussels will reopen on April 7, 2016. TASS reported earlier…

22.03.2016

Grozny Avia airline has opened flights from Kursk to Yerevan

On March 17, Grozny Avia airline started to operate flights from Kursk to Yerevan, according to the director of the international airport of Kursk Valery Stoyanov. Flights will be operated once a week until December 2016 on Yak-42D with a capacity of 100 people. Air company Grozny Avia was established…

21.03.2016

Travel time in Allegro trains decline by 9 minutes

From March 27, travel time in a high-speed train Allegro on the route St. Petersburg - Helsinki will be reduced by 9 minutes, according to the press service of the company "Russian Railways" (RZD). Thus, the travel time is 3 hours and 27 minutes. At present, the train overcomes the distance from St.…

14.03.2016

Georgia and Russia will discuss the possibility of increasing the number of flights between the two countries

Next week, Tbilisi expects the Russian delegation headed by the director of department of state policy in the field of Civil Aviation of Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrova, to discuss the possibility of increasing the frequency of flights between the two countries. "Probably,…

14.03.2016

Estonian party has proposed a 72-hour visa-free regime with Russia

In Estonia, the Council of the Party of National Unity (GNU) proposed to introduce a 72-hour visa-free regime with Russia. As the press-department of the party reported, it is essential to help revive the tourism sector, which has recently significant losses. As stated in a press release, Vice-Chairman…

11.03.2016

Finnish town Kotka proposed a 72-hour visa-free regime with Russia

Kotka Administration sent to the State Council of Finland a proposal to introduce a 72-hour visa-free regime for citizens of Russia. It is assumed that the effect of a visa-free regime will apply to Russian citizens, who arrive to Kotka on ferries. "This initiative should strengthen the development of…

09.03.2016

The flow of Russian tourists to Georgia has grown by almost 20% since the beginning of the year

In January - February 2016, Georgia was attended by 87,4 thousand Russian citizens, which is 18.8% more than in the same period of the last year, according to the analytical department of the Georgian Interior Ministry. In February, the number of Russians who visited Georgia has increased in comparison…

04.03.2016

Pobeda air company opened daily flights to Memmingen with transfer to Munich and Zurich

On March 3, low-cost airline Pobeda started to fly from Moscow to Memmingen (Memmingen-Allgäu airport, Germany) with the possibility of a transfer to Munich or Zurich. The flights will be operated daily. Passengers are provided with the opportunity to get directly to Munich city center (about an hour)…

01.03.2016

The tour operator TEZ Tour will offer Russian tourists tours to the Baltic States and Belarus

Tour operator TEZ Tour has added to its range of services the new destination Latvia, and by the beginning of the summer season also plans to offer tours to Estonia, Lithuania and Belarus, the press-service of the company reported According to TEZ Tour, the highest demand will be city tours in Riga,…