Middle East - Russian Travel Digest

25.10.2017

Charter flights to Jordan have tripled

The charter program to Jordan for this winter season has increased significantly. Tour operator Pegas Touristik began to transport tourists to Amman by airplanes of NordWind airline once a week (Airbus A321). This is the second charter of the company to Jordan. So, last year's flight from Moscow to Aqaba…

23.10.2017

Oman simplified visa regime for Russians

“Oman simplified the visa regime for citizens of Russia, China and India”, - reports the Arab News portal. However, the new rule applies only to holders of citizenship, residence permits or holders of valid visas of Schengen countries, United Kingdom, the United States, Australia or Canada. Visas will…

20.10.2017

The entering of Qatar Airways on St. Petersburg’s market will expand the capabilities of tour operators

Qatar Airways is expanding its route network in Russia. Since December 19 the carrier launches the flights on the route Doha - St. Petersburg, which will be carried out daily. The new flights are expanding a range of tours for tour operators with change in Doha. The appearance of Qatar Airways in St.…

17.10.2017

AZUR Air company launches direct charter flights from Moscow to Abu-Dhabi

AZUR Air is expanding the flight program to United Arab Emirates. Charter flights on the route Moscow - Abu Dhabi - Moscow are scheduled from October 24 with a frequency of two times a week. Flights will be performed to Abu Dhabi International Airport by Boeing 737-800. The capital of the United Arab…

04.10.2017

A record number of charters to UAE are launching from St. Petersburg

The volume of air transportation to the resorts of UAE from St. Petersburg will be seriously increased in the forthcoming winter season. Three charter chains of tour operators are announced from the city. So, from October 8 twice a week will start the flights to Sharjah on the airplanes of Rossiya airline,…

04.10.2017

Azur Air Company launches regular flights from Moscow to Dubai

On September 27 Azur Air airline has launched its first regular flight from Moscow to United Arab Emirates. The airplane of Azur Air landed at Dubai International Airport with 188 passengers on board at 16:35 of local time. The daily scheduled flights on the route Moscow - Dubai - Moscow are carried…

25.09.2017

ATOR: in the upcoming season transportation volumes to UAE will significantly exceed the figures of the previous year

“The volumes of transportation from the cities of Russia to UAE in the upcoming winter season may significantly exceed the figures of the previous year”, - according to the data of Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). In particular Emirates airline will launch from Moscow to Dubai two flights…

25.09.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Dubai has doubled over seven month due to abolition of visas

“The number of Russian tourists who visited Dubai for seven months of 2017, thanks to the abolition of visas, increased by 96% against the same period of the last year – up to 245 thousand people”, - said the representative of the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing of Dubai. According to…

19.09.2017

Tour operators continue to expand the network of cities of departure to UAE for the upcoming winter season.

So, Coral Travel tour operator informed that in addition to Moscow tourists will be able to fly to the Emirates from 13 cities of Russia, five of them are the new one - Chelyabinsk, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Tyumen. In the company this decision is justified by high demand, including early…

15.09.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Israel increased by 48%since the beginning of the year

“From January to August 2017 Israel was visited by 243,000 Russians, which is 48% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) with reference to Israel's Ministry of Tourism. "Russia took the second line in the list of incoming tourist…

04.09.2017

Pegasus Airlines will continue to perform regular flights Istanbul - Nizhny Novgorod in winter

“Turkish lowcoster Pegasus Airlines has decided to continue direct scheduled flights on the route Istanbul-Nizhny Novgorod in the autumn-winter schedule”, - said in the press service of the Nizhny Novgorod airport. Pegasus plans to fly twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. The trip takes 3 hours and…

23.08.2017

FlyDubai will fly to UAE from Sheremetyevo

FlyDubai confirmed that it will begin daily flights to Dubai from Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport since October 31. Slots are convenient: departures from Moscow are at 06:25, from Dubai - at 00:55, which in fact gives tourists an extra day of rest. Let's note that Sheremetyevo will become the second point…

22.08.2017

The number of tourists from Russia has almost doubled in Dubai in the first half of the year

“Over 230,000 tourists from Russia visited Dubai in the first half of 2017, which is 97% more than in the same period a year earlier”, - the Dubai Tourism and Commercial Marketing Department reported. "Strategic changes in the way of entry into UAE, according to which the citizens of China and Russia…

09.08.2017

FlyDubai will double the number of flights from Samara

FlyDubai will increase the frequency of flights from International Airport Kurumoch (Samara) to Dubai up to 4 direct scheduled flights a week. In the winter schedule of Samara airport, which will come into force since October 29, 2017, the scheduled flights will be performed on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays…

07.08.2017

FlyDubai will perform flights to Makhachkala and Voronezh and resume flights to Ufa

“Dubai airline FlyDubai will perform flights from Dubai to Makhachkala and Voronezh according to the upcoming winter schedule and will resume flights to Ufa”, - informs the carrier's press service. Flights from Dubai to Makhachkala and Voronezh will be performed twice a week from October 31, 2017 and…

18.07.2017

Emirates will perform two flights to Moscow by A380 since October 1

“Emirates airline will perform two daily flights Dubai-Moscow-Dubai since October 1 2017 by the world's largest passenger airplane Airbus A380”, - the company's press service reported. "Replacing of the type of aircraft will significantly increase the capacity of the route and meet the growing demand…

14.07.2017

Qatar Airways launches third daily flight to Moscow

“Qatar Airways launches a third daily flight between Doha and Moscow since August 2, 2017”, - reported in the company's. The new flight will depart from Doha at 2:00, arriving to Domodedovo airport at 7:10. Return flight will depart at 9:50 with arrival to Hamad airport at 14:55. Flights will be performed…

13.07.2017

Russian tourist flow to Israel grew by 30% in the first half of 2017

Figures are given in comparison with the same period of the last year. These are the data of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. According to statistics, totally 1.74 million foreign tourists visited Israel from January to March. The tourist department of Israel is talking about the record numbers of…

11.07.2017

The flight program from Pulkovo airport to Iran is expanding

“New flights to Iran cities were launched from Pulkovo airport since June 30, 2017. Mahan Air Airlines performs weekly charter flights from St. Petersburg to Mashhad till September 8 2017. Zagros Airlines carries out charter flights to Isfahan every two weeks until September 22”, - the airport press…

03.07.2017

Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah became the most popular destinations in UAE among Russians

“Among all emirates of UAE Dubai, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah are the leading summer destinations for Russian tourists”, - reported Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to market participants. Since February 2017, Russians can obtain visa instantaneously after arriving to the…