Saturday, May 4, 2024
In the second part of September, demand for international trips was 25–40% greater than in the same time the previous year, Kommersant writes. According to Igor Blinov, a spokesman of the National Network of Travel Agencies, sales growth is dependent on the direction. According to Oleg Kozyrev, Marketing Director...
Maltese company International Hotel Investments (IHI) will be opening a hotel in Russia, not far from Moscow’s Red Square, the company’s CEO Simon Naudi has revealed, according to Malta Today. “We have just bought a historical building, which is around 45,000 square meters and which we will develop and invest...
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...
In what is seen as a bold move, the low-cost division of Russia’s Aeroflot Group, Pobeda Airlines has completely suspended its operations from April 1 to May 31, Vedomosti reported. The budget carrier, already subject to the Russian government ban on all international flights, has now voluntarily decided to curtail...
An upward trend in tourist flow to Russia has continued until the end of 2018, and has made up 20 percent compared to the previous year, RIA news agency reported citing Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR).   "We see that positive dynamics remained...
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...
The second hackathon of the third season of the All-Russian competition "Digital Breakthrough", a flagship project of the "Russia - the Land of Opportunities" platform, finished on May 23, with Sheremetyevo Airport announcing this year's winners. Sheremetyevo was a partner for two of the hackathons of the "Digital Breakthrough" competition....
Russian could enforce a new procedure next year allowing airlines state security services to cancel any international flight if it is considered to be a “security threat for the Russian Federation,” Radio Liberty reports.  According to the new rules, such an order could be issued after the inspection of detailed...
Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has proposed the privatization of budget airline Pobeda, part of the country’s national air carrier Aeroflot Group, RBC reported last week. In a letter sent by the head of FAS Igor Artemyev to the Transportation Ministry in July, he argues that Pobeda is cutting...
Russia’s third largest air carrier by passenger numbers, Yekaterinburg-based Ural Airlines, wants to start daily flights between Mumbai and Moscow, PTI reported. The airline recently conducted its inaugural Mumbai-Moscow flight. "India being the most (fastest) developing country in the world, we are trying to open up the route with an aim of having four...