"The services of the international Sochi airport named after Sevastjanov informed that there were 101 623 passengers from Israel and that is 133% flow growth from this country in comparison to 2018. Israir company and Ural airlines work on this destination. Both carriers use A-320 on the route. The number of visitors from UAE during the first 9 months of 2019 has increased in 17 times. Thus 6 753 guests from Dubai arrived Sochi during 9 months of this year. "

Turkey was the leader of the summer season 2019. And Alexander Ermolaev - Mag.travel commercial director has suggested the colleagues of the closed travel public in social media to vote for the best air company during this summer season. Turkish airlines company was excluded from the start. This poll has caused the heated discussion. Travel experts expressed their attitude to the air carriers - participants of Turkey destination by voting.

Before the winter holidays, a new carrier enters the British destination. Ural Airlines to launch a flight on the route Moscow - London. This year the British destination shows growth from 5 to 15%.

Ural Airlines will fly from Moscow to London since December 20 with frequency four times a week.

Israel has set the goal of increasing the number of tourists from Russia to 400 000 in 2019. Since the beginning of the year, the number of guests from Russia has grown by 4%, In accordance with this fact, tour operators increase transportation volumes in Israel.

This winter season Armenia promises to become one of the fastest growing destinations on the Russian market. Against the background of a rapid decline of the Russian tourist flow to Georgia, large tour operators significantly expand their assortment in Armenia, offering new resorts and types of holidays in this country.

27.09.2019 the press service of Kazan international airport informed that Ural airlines are going to fulfill the flight program from Tatarstan capital to Chinese Harbin- the most “Russian” Chinese city.

Starting from August 2, Ural Airlines launches charter flights on the route Perm — Antalya. This information was provided by the press service of Perm International Airport. The flights will be performed on Fridays on Airbus A321 with a capacity of 200 passengers. The flight time is 4.5 hours. Departure time from Perm to Antalya is at 2:40, and the return flight is at 19:00. 

Russia’s third largest air carrier by passenger numbers, Ural Airlines (based in Ekaterinburg), wants to start daily flights between Mumbai and Moscow. The airline recently conducted its inaugural Mumbai — Moscow flight. “India is being the most (fastest) developing country in the world, we are trying to open up the route with an aim of having four weekly flights between Mumbai and Moscow, (later) increasing it to daily flights,” Marianna Galagura, head of its international relations and charter sales department of the air carrier, said. 

Russia’s national carrier Aeroflot and two other airlines from the country have canceled several flights to and from Czech on Tuesday after the country’s Transport Ministry withdrew permits for the flights, the BBC in Russia reported.  The Russian airlines have limited air traffic between Prague and the airports of Moscow and Yekaterinburg, the report said. Later on Tuesday, the Czech Ministry of Transport reported that flights of Russian airlines were once again allowed – but only until July 7. 

At least 20 new services between Russia and France with several new routes are being launched at the start of the summer season, leading to expectations of a marked increase in the number of passengers, Rusaviainsider.com reported.  Last year, Russia and France signed an air service agreement to increase the frequency of flights between the countries from 87 up to 121 per week for regular flights. In addition, the quota for charter flights was doubled from 40 to 80 and two new French destinations, namely Montpellier and Marseille, were included in the intergovernmental air service agreement. 

In the summer season, Ural Airlines launches new routes in Russia, the CIS countries and far abroad. At the same time, as noted in the press service of the carrier, the previous summer routes will also continue, and frequency of flights along popular routs will increase.  Among international flights, the airline launches 4 new flights to France: Bordeaux, Montpellier, Paris and Nice. In addition, the frequency of flights from Ekaterinburg to Prague will be increased up to 6 times a week, and from April the frequency of flights from Vladivostok to Sapporo will also increase. 

From March 31 Ural Airlines will start to fly from Moscow Domodedovo to Indian Mumbai. The stated frequency is four times a week.   The price of air tickets starts from 22.4 thousand Rubles (299 Euros) one way and 37.8 thousand Rubles (504 Euros) for a round-trip flight.  Ural Airlines Company noted that the new flights can attract tourists who want to get acquainted with the unique historical sights of the city. Among them are Chakhtrapati-Shivaji station, hanging gardens and Jarawahi slum area. 

“Ural Airlines, which has been carrying out four flights a week from Zhukovsky airport (Moscow) to Tbilisi, began flights daily from May 29”, - said Anzor Kavtiashvili the Russian airline representative in Georgia. "In connection with the upcoming summer season, Ural Airlines is increasing the frequency of flights to Georgian capital from St. Petersburg and Sochi from two to three a week since mid-June. And the airline plans to add a frequency of flights to Batumi", - stressed A. Kavtiashvili. He noted that currently the airplanes of the airline fly from Russia to Georgia along eight routes, including from Moscow and St. Petersburg - to Tbilisi and Batumi, from Moscow to Kutaisi, from Sochi to Tbilisi, from Ekaterinburg to Batumi. And last week a new flight was launched - between Krasnodar and Tbilisi.

“Ural Airlines will launch a regular flight from Moscow to Warsaw on December 27”, - the airline's press service reported. Flights to and from Warsaw will be carried out during autumn-winter season until 10 January 2018 - on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and from 11 January - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight time is 2 hours. According to the airline, the cost of the flights will be from 115 Euros to one side and 235 Euros round-trip, including all fees. Currently flights between Moscow and Warsaw are performed by airlines Aeroflot and LOT Polish Airlines.

Ural Airlines is named a scheduled carrier on several routes between the cities of Russia and Thailand, according to the reports the Federal Air Transportation Agency. Thus, the carrier will fly 5 times a week from Ekaterinburg to Phuket, 3 times a week also from Ekaterinburg to Phuket through Beijing (with the possibility to take in and out additional passengers). Besides, Ural Airlines will regularly fly to Bangkok: up to 5 times a week from Irkutsk, three times a week from Khabarovsk, and seven times a week from Yekaterinburg.

The Ural Airlines air carrier has adjusted its flight routes to Sharm el-Sheikh, the company’s press service told TASS on Monday. "All flights are carried out in circumvention of the Sinai Peninsula in connection with the requirements of the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation," the company’s spokesman said.

The Rosaviatsia’s website has published permission for scheduled and charter international flights. If the permits are unleashed, new regular flights will fly from various cities of Russia to the UAE, China, Italy, Greece and Turkey - including from the Crimea.