A third Russian-language channel on the basis of Russian Channel One may start broadcasting in China next year, Russia’s deputy minister of communications and mass media, Alexei Volin, said after a session of the Russian-Chinese commission for humanitarian cooperation on Friday. The commission assembled on Friday in Chinese Xi’an under the chairmanship of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets and her Chinese counterpart Liu Yangdong.

Tour operators say about the decline in demand for tours to China among Russians due to the increasing value of the dollar and the increasing costs of air transportation, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina said to Interfax on Wednesday.

OrenAir Airlines (Orenburg airlines, one of companies of Aeroflot) started operations from Moscow to Kunming, Changsha and Nanjing, as the press department of the company reported.

Azur Air has announced the expansion of its route network in the 2019/2020 autumn-winter schedule, including from Russian regions. The carrier will also increase the intensity of flights to its traditional destinations.

27.10.2019 the flight of Azur Air company to Chinese resort Sanya took off from the international airport of Krasnodar. The first 329 passengers from Kuban capital turned to Hainan island. That is the new destination for the region. Boeing 767-300 aircraft for 336 passengers will work on the destination till 22.03.2020 according the tour operator’s plans.