S7 Group share in the new Cypriot airline will be around 40%, the carrier will fly to Europe and will be called Charlie Airlines, the co-owner of S7 Vladislav Filev said to reporters in Moscow. "In England, Cypriots are called Charlie, so the airline will be called Charlie Airlines", Vladislav Filev said. S7's partner in the newly created company will be "Cypriot side".

In June, Cyprus was visited by 89.8 thousand Russians, which is 24% less than a year earlier, according to data published by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. The fall in tourist flow from Russia in June was partially compensated by growth in the number of arrivals from the United Kingdom (+ 9%), Sweden (+ 5.5%) and Greece (+ 48.8%). In June 2015, Cyprus was visited by 337 thousand foreign tourists, which is 1.5% less than in June 2014.

The number of Russian tourists visiting Cyprus in April decreased by 22.5% compared with the same month of the last year, till 25.15 thousand people, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced last Friday. However, due to the growing popularity of Cyprus among tourists from Great Britain and Germany, overall tourism activity grew by 11.3% to 201.5 thousand people.