On the evening of March 5, three airlines at once, which operate most of their flights in the interests of tour operators, announced the temporary suspension of all flights abroad. Two of them stop all international flights from March 7, one - from March 8.

According to the Embassy of Cuba in Moscow, more than 146 000 Russians visited Cuba in 2021. Compared to 2020, the tourist flow from Russia has almost doubled.

The tour operator Anex Tour, together with its strategic partner – Azur air, is launching its own flight program in Abu Dhabi, expanding its offer for tours in the UAE.

Azur Air, the airline of the tour operator Anex Tour, has started flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. The geography of departures has been published on the web site of the company.

Flight programs to popular resorts of the United Arab Emirates and their prices for the winter season were announced by the tour operator Anex Tour. According to the tour operator, the winter flight program based on Azur air flights will be significantly expanded.

On Monday, August 9, Anex Tour tourists flew by the first Azur air flight to La Romana from Moscow. In the future, Azur air flights from Moscow to La Romana will be operated 3 times a week.

Flights to Turkey have been resumed from the St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport. Several airlines have announced their flight programs. There are direct flights to Antalya every day.

Anex tour expands its summer flight program to Turkey from Russian regions.

Anex Tour has accepted a flight program to Turkey from Moscow and the regions for the spring-summer 2021 season on flights of the strategic partner Azur air.

Tour operators Anex Tour and Pegas Touristik announced the extension of charter programs to the Cuban resort of Cayo Coco until autumn 2021. Also, the plans have been announced for charters to the Maldives.

The Rosaviation website has published another order on the permits for airlines to perform international flights. Carriers have received the right to fly to many popular foreign destinations.

Azur air will start operating regular flights to the Maldives on November 28. The flight permissions have been received. The Maldives flights are ordered by Anex Tour operator.

Pegas Touristik tour operator has decided to expand the geography of departure cities to Zanzibar. The number of departure cities from November will be increased to three - St. Petersburg and Kazan will be added to Moscow.

Anex Tour and Intourist have announced a joint charter program to Cuba on the wings of Azur Air. Pegas Touristik tour operator also has flight plans to Cuba.

Azur air - will fly to Istanbul from Novosibirsk. The first direct flight to Turkey's largest metropolis will depart on October 29. Travel agents believe that the flights will be in demand in the regions neighboring Novosibirsk.

Russia has opened flights with Turkish resorts. The loading of the first flights was maximum.

Tour operators shared their plans on flight programs to Cyprus for August and September.

According to market participants, at the stage of early booking the demand for tours to Greece for the summer of 2020 is ahead of last year from 10 to 35%. Tour operators are expanding their flight programs.

According to the results of 2019, the tourist flow from Russia to the Maldives increased by 17,5%, setting a record - the figures of the arrivals of Russians over the past year for the first time exceed the best pre-crisis indicators of 2013.

In 2018 599 thousand guests from Russia had a holiday in Tunisia, in 2019 their number was already 633 000 - an increase is of almost 6%. Against this background, tour operators have already informed about the expansion of flight programs.

The charter chain of Azur Air airline to the Maldives this winter showed good results: both players who formed the tours on these charters reported on successful sales.

Azur Air by order of Anex Tour will launch a new charter flight from Novosibirsk to Barcelona.

Tour operators began to arrange flight programs from Kazan for the new season. Among the most noticeable changes compared 2019 are increasing of flights to the capital of Crete.

Over the past few years the demand for Tunisia has tripled. By the way, at the moment, travelers visit the Republic not only in the summer season, but also in winter time.

The first 9 months of this year were difficult for the Russian tourist flow to the Dominican Republic – Russian tourists came here a little less than last year. This year tour operators increased their volumes due to new regional departure points.