On Sunday, June 2, Brussels Airlines launched its first direct flight to Sheremetyevo International Airport. The route Brussels - Moscow - Brussels will be performed four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (arrival at 12:20, departure at 13:15 Moscow time) on Airbus A319.
Passengers will be...
Bulgaria will be expanding cooperation with Russia in tourism, so it seeks to facilitate the issuance of visas for Russian tourists, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview with TASS ahead of her visit to Moscow.
"Russia is an extremely important partner for Bulgaria in...
Space tourists who plan to carry out a suborbital flight from Russia won’t need long training, with preparation possible in just one day, the head of Russian company CosmoCourse Pavel Pushkin has said, according to TASS news agency.
CosmoCourse wants to engage in space tourism from 2025, with plans underway...
Russian airline Royal Flight is expected to launch regular flights to Taiwan later this year, the country’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said Sunday, according to the Taipei Times.
The agency said it has received a letter from Russia's civil aviation authorities designating Royal Flight to offer regular air services to...
Sheremetyevo International Airport served 11,228,000 passengers in the first seven months of 2020, including 1,459,000 in July. These figures, which include infants under two years of age, correspond to the state of the world market for passenger air transportation, according to a recent study by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
There were...
At least 20 new services between Russia and France with several new routes are being launched at the start of the IATA summer season, leading to expectations of a marked increase in the number of passengers, Rusaviainsider.com reported.
Last year, Russia and France signed an air service agreement to...
Japan Airlines (JAL) has revealed plans to return to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport after 12 years at competitor Domodedovo (DME). The reversal follows a new business partnership agreement announced in 2017 by JAL and Aeroflot Russian Airlines, whose capital city gateway hub is located at Sheremetyevo, Russian Aviation Insider...
Global crediting rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to ‘BB’ from ‘BB+’, Finanz.ru reported last week.
In an accompanying note, Fitch explains that the downgrading is the result of “expected severe volume shock in 2020 driven by significant restrictions on...
Russia's state-owned airline Aeroflot will introduce hand luggage-only fares for some of its medium-haul flights at the beginning of April, Kommersant reported on Tuesday.
The new fares come after increased passenger demand for charges to reflect this lighter style of travel. The discounts will apply to select flights operated by Aeroflot...
The number of passengers flying with Russian airlines fell by 26.6% in March, federal aviation agency Rosaviatsiya said on Thursday, according to Rusaviainsider.com.
Amid heavy restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Russian carriers served 6.57 million people in March, a sharp decline year-on-year. First-quarter numbers were also...
