The Board of Directors of Russia’s national flag carrier Aeroflot has approved the company’s new growth strategy until 2023, aiming to serve 100 million passengers in the next five years, RBK reported.
In 2017, the group carried 50.1 million passengers, putting Aeroflot in Europe’s top five legacy and among the global 20...
OAG Aviation Worldwide ranked the most punctual airlines and airports in the world for 2018, Izvestya reported.
The report shows that Panamanian company Copa Airlines had the least delays and discrepancies with the schedule during 2018. The top 10 airlines also include Latvian airBaltic, Qatar Airways and the Dutch KLM....
Russia’s largest private airline group, S7 Airlines, experienced a 6.7 per cent traffic improvement in January 2019 compared to the same month last year, Rusaviainsider reported. The two airlines that make up the group – Sibir and Globus Airlines, both of which operate under their brand name S7 Airlines...
Thailand is the most popular foreign destination for Russian travelers this New Year festive season, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) has said, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Russian’s own Sochi is the most popular domestic destination, the industry association revealed.
"Thailand’s beaches and Sochi’s ski resorts competed fiercely for...
Sheremetyevo introduced WeChat Pay at 54 stores across the airport, following the partnership with Yandex Kassa. WeChat Pay is a service that works as an electronic wallet, based on the Chinese WeChat messenger, rb.ru informed.
Payment for purchases via WeChat Pay is contactless and done via QR codes. The new...
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...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the development of tourism infrastructure on the Kuril Islands, four of which are claimed by Japan in a decades-long dispute, TASS news agency reported.
Medvedev gave the instructions, which focus on what Russians call the Kuril Islands, to Deputy Prime Minister Yury...
Imperial Duty Free JSC (IDF), the Russian joint venture between Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) and Gebr. Heinemann, has achieved an 80-percent increase in its shopping area thanks to the acquisition and integration of new retail space. In total, the retail operation now serves more than 40 million customers across approximately...
The Greece-Russia Year of Tourism 2017-2018, an initiative of the tourism ministries of the two countries, wrapped up last Friday with a big music and dance event held at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron), TASS news agency reported.
Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura opened the event, saying that tourism unites...
The Turkish Mediterranean resort city of Antalya has become the most popular foreign destination among Russian airline passengers in January-August 2018, according to data revealed at the Online Travel 3.0 conference, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) has said.
In the reporting period, passenger traffic from Moscow to...
