Russia resumes air transportation with 5 more countries from May 25, 2021

From May 25, 2021, Russia resumes air transportation with Iceland, Malta, Mexico, Portugal and Saudi Arabia, as it was announced by Vice-Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova. Air traffic with Iceland on the route Moscow - Reykjavik will be carried out twice a week. The flights on the route Moscow - Vallettawill be operated also twice a week. Three flights a week will fly to Mexico in the direction from Moscow to Cancun. Also, three flights a week are allowed to open on the route Moscow - Lisbon.  Air communication with Saudi Arabia will be carried out from Moscow (three times a week in Jedda), from Grozny and Makhachkala (one flight a week from these cities in Jedda).

In addition, the open pit on Friday decided to increase from May 25 on a reciprocal basis of the number of regular flights with South Korea: Vladivostok - Seoul three flights per week; From Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Seoul one flight per week. Air communication with Finland increases to seven flights a week from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Also, seven flights a week will be made from May 25 on the routes Moscow - Tokyo and Vladivostok - Tokyo, one flight to Tokyo is resumed from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

In addition, the headquarters decided to resume flights from May 25 to foreign states from international airports of Omsk, Syktyvkar, Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk and Ulan-Ude.