The next special flight to take Russians out of the United States to Moscow is tentatively scheduled for May 14, the Russian embassy in Washington said, TASS reports.
Only Russian citizens who permanently reside in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in several Central Russian regions, can register for...
The international air traffic may recover in the middle of summer, official spokesperson of the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot Yulia Spivakova said on Sunday on the air with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.
"It is difficult to indicate the exact timing of flights so far but when looking at the best-case forecasts,...
Air China passengers who intend to fly on a Moscow-Beijing flight will need to have a certificate confirming that they have not been infected with coronavirus from May 8. The certificate must be received no later than 120 hours before departure, as reported by Kommersant.
The Chinese Embassy in Russia...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has been named Airport of the Year in the annual Wings of Russia National Aviation Awards program for the second year in a row, Yahoo Finance reported.
The Wings of Russia National Aviation Award named after Evgeny Chibirev was established in 1997 by the Association of Air...
Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot is planning to operate around 1,000 weekly flights (500 rotations) in May – all from Moscow – to 56 cities around Russia, the company has announced, according to Russian Aviation Insider. This is twice as many as in April although, before the Coronavirus crisis, the...
The Russian authorities have issued special permits to seven domestic airlines to transport cargo in the passenger cabin when no passengers are on board, the state aviation agency Rosaviatsiya said last week, according to Reuters.
The move comes as the coronavirus outbreak has halted the majority of flights and the...
Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm) wants to help the industry recover from the coronavirus crisis by relaxing visa rules after the country reopens its borders, RBC reported Friday.
According to the agency’s recommendations cited by the news website, Russia should introduce multiple-entry tourist visas valid for up to five years...
Vladislav Filev, the owner of Russia’s largest private air carrier S7 Airlines, said in an interview with Kommersant Thursday that the country’s airline industry will need at least $5 billion in state support amid the COVID-19 crisis in order to return to its pre-crisis 2019 business levels.
Filev added, however,...
The Russian government has announced the allocation of 300 million roubles (US$4 million) from reserve funds to flag carrier Aeroflot to subsidize the continuation of air services between Moscow and the enclave city of Kaliningrad, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
The move appears to be the first sign confirming fears in the Russian...
The Russian Far East Kamchatka Peninsula prepares new tourist programs and routes to attract visitors not only during the summer season but also in autumn, the region’s head of the tourism agency Elena Tratonova told TASS.
In 2019, Kamchatka welcomed more than 240,000 tourists (a growth by 26,000 year-on-year). The...
