A new summer seasonal route between Riga and Russia’s Yekaterinburg will be launched by Latvian airline airBaltic on April 1, the company has announced, according to Travel Daily News.
According to airBaltic, the new connection will offer more convenient travel options for travelers from the Baltics and Russia to the airline’s network...
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport has set an ambitious target to double traffic to 100 million passengers a year. The airport has a new runway operational, coupled with a gleaming new international terminal opening this month, The Financial Times reported.
Nearly half of the expected tourists are set to come from...
Sheremetyevo International Airport is listed among the best employers in Russia by Forbes magazine, which rated the airport number 33 among Russia's top 50.
The Forbes rating is based on a global survey of the corporate culture and practices of the largest Russian companies.
The survey encompassed 150 nominees and revealed that Russian companies are investing in benefits, working conditions...
Travel data and analytics expert Cirium has named Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) as the world's most punctual airport in the annual On-Time Performance (OTP) Review.
Sheremetyevo operated the most on-schedule departing flights, with 95 percent being on time. The airport was number one in both the category for Global Airports, and the category for...
Iran is considering the option of allowing visitors from Russia to enter the country without a visa, in an effort to increase tourism revenue, Tehran Times reported.
The move comes after Tehran granted the same privilege for some other nationals including Chinese and Omani passport holders. Iran’s minister of Cultural...
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot was named the most punctual mainline airline in 2019 in the annual On-Time Performance (OTP) Review by travel data and analytics firm Cirium, Lenta.ru reports.
The airline had an OTP score of 86.68 percent, while Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) followed in a close second...
The governor of the Thai province of Surat Thani, Witchawut Jinto, and a team of officials last week welcomed the first 432 Russian tourists visiting the province, the Pattaya Mail reports.
The Russian visitors booked the inaugural flight of Nordwind Airlines from Novosibirsk in Russia the Southeast Asian country. The officials...
In September 2019, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, the largest in Russia, became the first in eastern Europe to operate three runways. The airport is counting on the runways and its new passenger terminals to increase its passenger numbers by a factor of 1.5 to 65 million people by 2030,...
Russia is exploring the possibility of creating an air carrier designated to serve its undeveloped but resource-rich Far East Region, Izvestia writes citing a letter from Deputy Transport Minister Alexander Yurchik to the Russian Federation Council Economic Policy Committee.
Plans are also in store to upgrade or create a new...
Six months after Russia suspended direct flights to and from Georgia, the Caucasus country has recorded around 100,000 less Russian tourists than in the same period of 2018, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) has said, according to Georgia Today.
However, the country managed to draw a record number of...
