More and more countries are determined with the launch schedule of foreign tourism. Temporary dates for restarting international flights with Russia appeared for flights to Turkey, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus.

Aeroflot says international traffic in Russia could possibly recover mid-summer

Aeroflot suspends regular flights to Washington, Los Angeles and Miami until April 30. In addition, the flights to Dubai and Lisbon are suspended until April 30.

Aeroflot reduces the number of flights to China, South Korea, Vietnam and Italy in March due to lower demand from passengers, the company said.

According to the Border Service of the Russian Federation, last year 119 thousand Russians visited Cuba - 26% more than in 2018. Operators connect the growth of tourist flow primarily with an increase of charter transportation.

Aeroflot temporarily suspends flights on the route Moscow - Hong Kong, the carrier reports. The flights from Moscow will be operated until March 7, from Hong Kong to Moscow until March 8 inclusive.

Pobeda Airlines (part of the Aeroflot Group) will reduce the frequency of flights to Italy until May 2020 due to falling demand in this area.

Bookings of tours to South Korea have fallen sharply since late January after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in China. Rostourism and Rospotrebnadzor recommended Russian citizens to refrain from traveling to this country, as well as to Iran and Italy, where the infection also spreads.

The demand for Japan from Russian tourists has been steadily growing in recent years. This year the trend will continue due to lower prices for tours. This will be connected with an increase of the intensity of flights and an expansion of the geography of flights.

Indian and Russian air carriers are introducing new services from Mumbai and Delhi to Moscow. Around 450 000 people flew between India and Russia in twelve months ending December 2019, a growth of around ten percent over the previous year.

Royal Flight airline received permission for charter flights from Moscow to Cuba. The carrier will be able to fly to Holguin and Varadero from the capital of Russia from March 29 to October 24.

Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot has canceled half of its flights to and from China as inbound traffic from there has drastically declined due to coronavirus fears.

Air links between Singapore and Russia will be boosted in October with the launch of Aeroflot‘s non-stop service from Moscow to Changi Airport.

The tourist flow to Sri Lanka from Russia in 2019 reached a historic maximum, exceeding 86,5 thousand people.

Aeroflot airline will begin to fly from Moscow to Osaka from June 1, 2020. The flights will be operated four times a week.

By the end of 2019, the Russian tourist flow to France will grow by at least 10% in annual terms. Tour operators note greater dynamics of sales in one of the most popular European destinations among Russians.

For 9 months of this year, the tourist flow from Russia to Montenegro grew by 22,6% and amounted to more than 280 thousand trips. Tour operators confirm the trend. It is clear that the main growth share occurred in the summer season.

Experts explain the increase in demand for Tenerife by a combination of a number of factors that this year stimulate an increase of interest. Among them are the year-round season and the availability of tour operators’ blocks of seats on regular flights.

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.

Aeroflot Airlines intends to increase the frequency of flights to Ljubljana from 7 to 14 times. Experts believe that such an increase of flights is not profitable.

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.

Aeroflot Airlines has notified partners about the cancellation of the flight program to Colombo from the beginning of September till the end of October 2019. The carrier offers passengers a refund, tour operators are looking for alternative flights. 

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. 

Aeroflot and Vietnam Airlines have signed an agreement on the joint operation of domestic and international flights (code-sharing) in Vietnam and Russia. It was reported by the press service of the Russian airline. Code-sharing applies to Aeroflot flights on the following routes: Moscow (Sheremetyevo) - Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh, Moscow (Sheremetyevo) - St. Petersburg, Ufa and Krasnodar; and also on Vietnam Airlines flights on the routes Hanoi - Moscow (Sheremetyevo), Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh City - Phu Quoc, Nha Trang. 

From July 1, Rossia Airlines (a subsidiary of Aeroflot) resumes direct flights from Moscow to Denpasar (Indonesia, Bali). Flights will be operated twice a week.  The flights are carried out according to the following schedule:  from Moscow to Denpasar by flight SU6295 on Mondays and Thursdays at 01:40 with arrival in Denpasar at 19:00 (local time).   From Denpasar to Moscow with flight SU6296 on Mondays and Thursdays at 21:10 with arrival in Moscow at 04:55 (local time).  According to Rossia Airlines, the flights are carried out on Boeing 777-300 (21 seats of business class and 436 of economy class).