Air Travel
Domodedovo Airport at Russia’s capital enters the exclusive club of six destinations served by the type [...]
Russia to re-launch international air travel on August 1
Turkey, Great Britain and Tanzania are the first to open borders for Russian travelers [...]
Domestic traffic through Russia’s St. Petersburg airport recovers completely
Pulkovo claims to outperform London’s Heathrow, Munich and Oslo in July so far [...]
Russia’s Azur Air resumes passenger flights
The international leisure charter carrier has launched scheduled domestic service [...]
Russian passenger traffic in early June triples compared to May
But it is still down six-fold year-on-year [...]
S7 Airlines plans on resuming all domestic flights in June
Russia’s largest private airline even adds new destinations to its domestic network [...]
CIS states close their borders and suspend air connections
Belarus is the only nation in the region to describe closing borders as ‘nonsense’ [...]
Russia suspends all air connections with foreign countries
From March 27, only evacuation flights will cross Russia’s borders [...]
Rossiya Airlines consolidates all its Moscow flights at Sheremetyevo
The Aeroflot Group member is transferring its leisure flights programme from Vnukovo, Moscow to its parent’s capital city base [...]
Aeroflot and Japan Airlines codeshare ready for take off
Members of different airline alliances to further stimulate air travel connections between Russia and Japan [...]
Russia’s air travel industry hit by the spread of coronavirus
With Russian airlines suspending flights to China, the country has joined Egypt, Ukraine and Georgia on the list of banned/restricted destinations [...]
Budget airline Wizz Air to serve Armenia from next March
Following on the heels of its arch rival Ryanair, the Hungarian LCC is to link Yerevan with Vilnius and Vienna [...]
Aeroflot expands its Asia route offering with a second Japanese destination
The Russian flag carrier is to inaugurate direct Airbus A350 flights from Moscow to Osaka from next summer [...]
Iran-Uzbekistan air connections resume after a three-year hiatus
Iran’s Zagros Airlines has launched services between Teheran and Tashkent [...]
Georgian airports’ traffic growth slumps from 24 to two per cent
Russia’s ban on direct air service to Georgia has affected the country’s airports [...]
Russia suspends air links with Georgia after social unrest in Tbilisi
Airlines from neighbouring countries are likely to benefit from the situation [...]
How the air travel business would be so much better without those annoying customers
In today’s entire B2C sector, no industry has become more customer-unfriendly than air transport [...]
Air travel between Russia and CIS countries surged in July
At the same time, traffic growth on international routes outside the CIS slowed to a year low [...]
Digital Aviation Forum brought together over 280 professionals
The participants of this event had an opportunity to dip into technological future of traveling [...]
Azerbaijan Airlines to fly to six cities in Saudi Arabia
Azeri AZAL plans to step up flights from Baku to four more cities in the kingdom [...]
Moscow and Cairo restored regular air connection
Flights from Russia popular Egyptian sea resorts are planned for second half of the year [...]
Russia, Kazakhstan to increase bilateral frequencies, designate more carriers
The move is in line with the effort to boost the common Eurasian Economic Union air services market [...]
VIM Airlines prolongs cuts to its charter program
The carrier expanded its fleet with 14 aircraft in the past 12 months [...]
Russia liberalizes air travel with Hong Kong
The new bilateral agreement lifts all restrictions on the number of designated carriers from either side [...]
Air Astana relaunches direct service to Kyiv
The decision comes in time for EXPO 2017 Astana – Future Energy forum. [...]
INSIGHT: Sky arithmetic for Russian airports
First experience of air space liberalization in Russia [...]
Finnair adds frequency from Pulkovo counting on transit traffic
Flights between Helsinki and St. Petersburg are operated by the Finnish carrier's subsidiary Norra with ATR 72s [...]
Russian air passenger traffic up 17.7% in March
The country's airlines served 6.86 million passengers that month [...]
Aeroflot’s traffic growth rate slows to 11%
Russia’s largest carrier served 2.207 million passengers in February [...]
Nordica to launch flights to Russia
The national carrier of Estonia to start flying to St. Petersburg, its first Russian destination from its base airport in Tallinn. [...]
SCAT Airlines to develop a hub in Astana
The private Kazakh carrier launches new routes from the country's capital to destinations in Russia and Armenia. [...]
Aeroflot Group keeps 32 of ex-Transaero’s international routes
Russian authorities reserved these routes for Aeroflot and its subsidiary Rossiya for one more year. [...]
Ryanair to launch flights from Ukraine
The Irish carrier will find itself pitted against Hungarian LCC Wizz Air on the Ukrainian market. [...]
Turkey urges open skies deal with Russia
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed lifting all restrictions on flights operated between the two countries. [...]
Ukrainian carriers increase traffic by 52%
Ukrainian airports served 37.4% more passengers year-on-year in January and February. [...]
INSIGHT: Kazakhstan to become flexible Eurasian hub
The country’s leading carrier Air Astana hopes for a 12% boost in transit passengers this year [...]
St. Petersburg asks for 72 visa-free hours for air travelers
This measure may boost the passenger traffic of the city’s Pulkovo airport [...]
Zhukovsky airport loses its only domestic flight
The airport failed to provide government subsidies for this route [...]
Wizz Air to expand Kyiv base
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will establish a second Airbus A320 aircraft in Ukraine’s capital [...]
Singapore Airlines restores fifth-freedom flight via Moscow Domodedovo
The airline operates Airbus A350 on this flight to the Russian capital [...]
Small Planet Airlines extends its reach to Asia
Lithuanian leisure carrier opens based in India and Saudi Arabia [...]
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to resume flight connection
The first route to become active in January 2017 will connect the two capitals, Dushanbe and Tashkent [...]
Experts forecast growth for Russian air travel market
The share of Internet sales will soon exceed the share of traditional off-line distribution channels [...]
Air Moldova expands fleet with another Embraer E190LR
The newly received aircraft should enable the Moldovan airline to launch flights to new destinations [...]
Riga airport expands transit zone
The new segment will enable to increase airport’s capacity up to 10 million passengers in a year [...]
INSIGHT: Re-branded Belavia aims to put Belarus on the map
The airline made a leap to develop transit traffic through Minsk [...]
Second carriers may be added on Russia – Portugal routes
The ultimate frequency on Moscow - Lisbon route was increased to 14 weekly flights from each side [...]
Ukrainian Anda Air starts operations
The start-up carrier will operate charter flights to holiday destinations on a single MD-83 [...]
NordWind received former Transaero permit to fly to New York
The Russian carrier can break Aeroflot’s current monopoly on this route [...]
Aeroflot reforms its fare policy
Russia’s largest carrier offers more flexibility to passengers while encouraging them to spend more on more convenient travel [...]