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Bavaria is in the lead among the regions of Germany by popularity among Russian tourists
“For the first quarter of 2017 the tourists flow from Russia to Bavaria increased by 20%, up to 187.5 thousand people. Among other federal states of Germany this region is the most popular for Russian tourists”, - said the Head of the Russian RepOffice of the National Office of tourism of Germany Alla Belikova.
06.07.2017
Read moreThe tourists flow from Russia to Germany has increased by more than 20% since the beginning of 2017
“In the first quarter of 2017, the tourists flow from Russia to Germany increased by 21.3% шт comparison with the same period of the last year”, - said he representative of the German National Tourist Office in Russia. Between January and March, about 59.000 applications for Schengen visa were received by German visa centers in Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg, which is 20% more than in the first quarter of the last year.
23.06.2017
Read moreThe tourist flow from Russia to Germany grew by 17% in January and February 2017
“For the first two months of 2017, the number of nights of Russian tourists in Germany grew by 17%, reaching almost 300 thousand”, - said Alla Belikova the Head of the Russian department of the National Tourism Office of Germany (GNTO). "In the first quarter of 2017 the tourist flow began to grow, showing an increase of 17.6% (293 thousand nights), especially to Bavaria - 30%", - she reported.
24.05.2017
Read moreS7 Airlines launched flights from Pulkovo to Berlin
“S7 Airlines has started regular flights from Pulkovo airport (St. Petersburg) to Berlin (Tegel airport)”, - the press service of LLC “Air Gate of the Northern Capital”, which manages Pulkovo airport. The capital of Germany became the first foreign direction, where the air carrier performs direct flights from St. Petersburg.
16.05.2017
Read moreRusLine airline has launched a direct flight from Moscow to Leipzig
“RusLine airline has launched a new regular flight from the capital's Domodedovo airport to Leipzig Halle airport (Germany) on Wednesday”, - the correspondent of the Interfax-Tourism portal reports. "For many years we dreamed about the opening of this flight and made every possible effort to launch it", - the General director of Leipzig airport Johannes Yen told Interfax-Tourism.
20.04.2017
Read more"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 of the company informed "Interfax". The Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the airport management company "Ramport Aero" Dmitry Shugaev reported previously that before the end of 2016 "Zhukovsky" will serve 350-400 thousand people, in 2017 – the passenger traffic will reach about 2 million people.
19.09.2016
Read morePobeda 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) or Zurich (2.5 hours) on a special transfer from the Allgäu Airport Memmingen on a single ticket Fly & Bus.
04.03.2016
Read moreGermanwings could replace Air Berlin for Berlin-Moscow route
German low-cost airline Germanwings could replace Air Berlin for the route Berlin-Moscow in the Domodedovo airport, the airport press service told TASS Thursday. "Currently, direct flights between Russia [Domodedovo airport — TASS] and Germany are carried out by several partner airlines of the Domodedovo Airport — Lufthansa, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines. Carriers are planning to carry out flights to Munich and Frankfurt in the upcoming winter navigation season, which will allow passengers of the airport to travel with comfort on these routes," a spokesman for the airport said. Flights from Moscow (Domodedovo airport) to Berlin by the Germanwings airline are expected to start in the beginning of the autumn-winter season of 2015 (two daily flights).
16.10.2015
Read moreLufthansa is leaving Vnukovo airport
Lufthansa airline, the largest in Germany and the second largest in Europe, decided to reduce the number of flights to Russia and to leave Vnukovo airport , according to information of Deutsche Welle. Since early September, Lufthansa canceled flights to Samara and Nizhny Novgorod. The cancellation of flights Lufthansa explained by "the continuing difficult economic and political situation." Thus, now Lufthansa has flights only to Moscow and St. Petersburg. In late August, the German air company cancels flights from Vnukovo airport, all flights will be tied to Domodedovo. As explained in the company, the winter schedule of Domodedovo has six daily flights to Germany, 14 weekly flights to Vienna, as well as two daily flights to Zurich and a daily flight to Geneva.
11.08.2015
Read moreLufthansa cancelled flights to Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow
Lufthansa Airlines suspends flights to Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow (Vnukovo airport) from Frankfurt, the air carrier said in a statement.
"Unfortunately, the current economic situation does not allow to keep flying at the proper level of profitability. However, Lufthansa will consider the possibility of resuming flights as soon as the economic situation stabilizes," it is said in a statement.
16.06.2015
Read moreGerman cruise operator declared bankruptcy due to the crisis in Russia
German company Nicko Cruises, which specializes in cruises on European rivers, announced the initiation of bankruptcy procedure, the press department of the tour operator reported on Wednesday on April 6. According to the official statement of Nicko Cruises, bankruptcy was the result of the crisis in Russia and Ukraine, which led to a significant drop in demand for river cruises and as a result, reduce the volume of liquidity, as well as damage from floods in Europe in 2013.
07.05.2015
Read moreAzimut air company expands its destination list from the South of Russia
Russian air company Azimut has ambitious plans to increase the passengers' flow in 2019 to 1 200 000 persons (+79% compared to 2018). So, Azimut expands its destination list. Thus the new route appeared in the schedule of the international airport of Krasnodar. 22.12.2019 Azimut will operate the first flight to Munich. Then it will be fulfilled twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays.
01.01.1970
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