In November, it was reported that Russian carrier Aeroflot would be handing its fleet of Sukhoi Superjets over to subsidiary airline Rossiya. Now, these initial Superjets, when transferred at the end of this year, will be based at Moscow’s busiest airport, Sheremetyevo International, Simple Flying reports.
According to Airways Mag,...
A new digital device at Sheremetyevo International Airport provides information to passengers with disabilities, including those with hearing and speech impairments. The Video Information Assistant (VIA) is located in the public departure area of Terminal B at the Information Desk (3rd floor).
The VIA is a unique device for Russian...
The Russian town of Barentsburg, situated on Norway’s northern Svalbard archipelago, offers a unique combination of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet-style industry to visitors. The tiny town, with a population of nearly 500, is now seeking to reshape its business-focus to become a modern hub for travelers exploring the...
Russian airline Nordstar has suspended flights from Novosibirsk's Tolmachevo Airport to the resort city of Sanya in China’s southern province of Hainan, Vesti42.ru reports.
Flights will be canceled from February 6 almost until the end of March, Tolmachevo press service told Russian media on Tuesday.
"The flights of NordStar to Sanya were canceled...
Sheremetyevo International Airport is looking at two scenarios for reopening as soon as possible after the coronavirus emergency ends, according to Sheremetyevo's chairman, Alexander Ponomarenko, Yahoo Finance reported.
The first scenario involves the resumption of international flights in July and the gradual restoration of passenger traffic until the end of...
From September 9 to 30, 2019, Sheremetyevo International Airport hosts a themed exhibition dedicated to the legendary weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. The exhibition is presented in the art gallery of Terminal E, the airport press service said.
November 2019 marks the centenary of the birth of the famous Russian gunsmith....
Russian air transport companies jointly carried 14.13 million passengers in July 2019, exceeding the figure for the same period last year by 9.9 per cent, preliminary figures released by the country’s aviation authority Rosaviatsiya reveal, according to Kommersant.
Passenger turnover reached 34.55 billion RPKs, a 11.2 per cent improvement year-on-year.
Three...
Radisson Hospitality AB, the company that owns global upscale hotel chain Radisson Blu, has signed a deal to open a hotel on Moscow’s Leninsky Prospect, its third in the Russian capital, TASS news agency reported.
A collaboration with Sherwood Premier LLC, a subsidiary of Russian gas giant Novatek, the hotel...
The MADI university and the Sheremetyevo airport will jointly create educational and methodological programs, conduct research activities to improve programs, and introduce innovations in the educational process.
Also, students from MADI will be able to undergo practical training and internships at the airport and become employees of Sheremetyevo.
Students studying...
More details have emerged on Aeroflot Group’s plot regarding its low-cost division Pobeda Airlines. The budget airline is slated to become Russia’s largest carrier by passenger numbers in two years and its 175-strong mixed fleet will be dominated by large Airbus narrow-bodies by 2028, Russian Aviation Insider reported.
Scant official information made available after...
