Akbar al-Baker, the executive director of Qatar Airways group of companies, told that Qatar Airways may increase the frequency of flights from Doha to St. Petersburg, as well as open flights to two major Russian cities (in particular, to Vladivostok). The executive director noted that the carrier…

This is the first exclusive program of the tour operator Anex Tour with a direct flight to the UAE from Khabarovsk. At present time, the tour operator has applications for flights in 2020. This is not the first time, when Anex Tour arranges direct flights from cities of the Far East to exotic (for…

According to representatives of the tour operator Intourist, their own winter charter program from Moscow to the Israeli resort of Eilat starts on November 3, 2019 and runs through April 26, 2020. The charter flights to the Red Sea will be operated on the boards of Red Wings airline with frequency…

Israel has set the goal of increasing the number of tourists from Russia to 400 000 in 2019, Vladimir Shklyar, the head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism in the Russian Federation and the CIS, said. “Since the beginning of the year, the number of guests from Russia has grown by 4%, which is slightly…

Israel expects to host about 400 000 Russian tourists this year. The increase in tourist traffic will also occur due to an increase in transportation to the Red Sea resort of Eilat - this winter 15 flights will be operated there every week.  This was announced at a press conference in St. Petersburg…

The range of the tour operator Tui Russia continues to replenish with new destinations. In the end of August, the company began to sell tours to Bahrain with a beach holiday. Arrivals start from September 2019. 

The appearance of a new destination in the Tui Russia range the tour operator…

Starting October 2019, Pobeda low-cost airline will start operating flights from Moscow to Eilat for the first time. The flights will be operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Since beginning of August, tickets were already on sale. 

The Israeli side approved the…

There will be more charter players on the Mexican destination this winter season. From October 18, the direct charter flights Moscow - Cancun of Royal Flight will start in the interest of Coral Travel. Boeing 777-300 ER with a business class will be used on the route.  According to Marina Makarkova,…

The second major “charter player” has appeared on the Sri Lankan destination this winter season. The tour operator Tui Russia told details about its charter program for this island and hotel assortment in Sri Lanka.  In the winter season on the Russian market, growth in demand is forecasted for Sri…

The tour operators, working on the destination of Thailand, have arranged flight programs for the winter season 2019-2020 (from October 2019 to May 2020). The upcoming winter season promises to be difficult for the destination, experts do not expect a significant increase in demand, but, however,…

Autumn season in Israel promises successful sales for tour operators. The growth is fixed at 13% and higher against the last year. In general, beach vacations are on the first preference among tourists. However, the specifics of the destination are such that it is quite easy to combine beach tour…

The package tours for holidays in Jordan have appeared in the booking systems of tour operators Tui Russia and Anex Tour. The program begin in late October and end in early May.  As Tatyana Korshunova, the Tui Russia’s public relations manager, explained, this season in the first month of the flight…

The tour operator Anex Tour announced the sales of tours with a direct flight to Abu Dhabi (UAE) from Moscow with Azur Air flights. The flight program of Azur Air (Moscow-Abu Dhabi-Moscow) is scheduled from October 28 for the entire winter season with departures twice a week. 

According…

The efforts of the Qatar National Tourism Council to promote the destination on the Russian market this year transform into concrete results: the leading players of the tourism market begin to sell package tours to Qatar. Last week, the tour operator Anex Tour announced the start of sales of package…

Tour operator Anex Tour for the first time offers tours to Jordan with charter transportation in the autumn-winter season of 2019. So, the tour operator became the fourth mass player on this destination.  The tours on charters to Jordan in the winter flight season of 2019-20 appeared in the Anex Tour’s…

The press service of Oktyabrskaya Railway reports (branch of Russian Railways) that the passenger flow of high-speed trains Allegro from St. Petersburg to Helsinki in January-July 2019 increased by 16,6% compared to the same period last year - up to 316,3 thousand people. 

In July 2019,…

Three Russian tour operators start flight programs to Mexico for the winter season. Pegast Touristik starts its flight program to Cancun on 27.08.2019 with Nord Wind air company. Flight N4 355/3515 will be operated from Sheremetyevo international airport (Moscow) on Boeing 777-300 ER. Boeing 777-300…

August,18 the first test passengers flight was fulfilled to the new airport is Saratov. That is the way to celebrate the Civil Aviation Day for Victor Vekselberg –the owner of “Regional airports” holding, who was onboard. His company was constructing the airport. Among other passengers there were:…

Nord wind has started booking for the new destination Nizhnekamsk-Istanbul. The air company will connect airport Begishevo (Nizhnekamsk, the population of 239  000 people) with Istanbul starting from October, 27 for the whole autumn-winter season 2019/2020. The lowest round trip ticket price is 17…

In the winter season 2019/20 the number of charters to Turkey will increase significantly: the winter tours to Antalya from 10 cities of Russia have become available in the booking system of Intourist tour operator. Considerable increase of transportation on the destination may reduce the prices of…