Alibaba Group's logistics operator and Russia's postal service, Pochta Rossii, have launched their first direct China-Russia cargo flights to deliver AliExpress goods purchased online by Russians, AliExpress Russia said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The move, which AliExpress Russia hopes will help it cut the time it takes to deliver orders...
Russian tour operators are losing Chinese business as operators from the world’s most populous country are selling tour packages below cost while using black-market tactics to recoup money, Kommersant writes in a detailed investigative piece published Saturday.
Chinese operators are offering an eight-day Russia tour with visits to Moscow and St....
This winter, Aeroflot will allow passengers to carry one set of ski equipment weighing up to 23 kg at no charge in addition to their allowable checked luggage. The offer is valid for flights flown within 1 November 2019 to 15 May 2020.
One set of ski equipment is defined as a cover...
Japanese tourists have for the first time visited the Kurils, an island chain that disputed between Tokyo and Moscow for over 70 years, Sakhalin.info reported.
The Soviet Union seized the strategically located volcanic archipelago north of Japan's Hokkaido in the final days of World War II, and has maintained a...
Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda will raise its ticket fees by 5 euros starting Monday October 28, a spokesperson for the company informed reporters. The raised fees will apply to tickets from foreign airports to Russia due to the cancellation of paid check-in procedure at foreign airports. Earlier, the company...
As of October 1, 2019, Turkish Cargo Airline has increased the frequency of flights from Istanbul to Sheremetyevo International Airport to twice a week.
Turkish Cargo flights on the Istanbul - Moscow (Sheremetyevo) - Istanbul route are operated on Mondays and Thursdays using B777F and A330 cargo aircraft.
Turkish Cargo Airline...
Sheremetyevo International Airport published the performance results for September and the nine months of 2019. Total passenger traffic in the first nine months of 2019 was 38.536 million passengers, 12.2% up YoY. Between January and September, Sheremetyevo oversaw 292,792 takeoff and landing operations (TOLs), up 11.8% from the same...
From 2020, Cyprus and Israel will promote joint travel packages for tourists in Russia, the U.S., and Germany, focusing on golf, gastronomy and wellness holidays, Cypriot news outlet Ant1 reported.
A statement from Cypriot Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios and Israel’s Tourism Ministry Director-General Amir Halevi said the two countries “reached...
The recently appointed head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm), Zarina Doguzova, says in an interview for Travel Trends Today that Russia wants to position India as a top-priority tourist market.
Doguzova, who was instrumental in organizing the Sochi Winter Olympics and last year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia,...
Park Inn by Radisson, Radisson Hotel Group's upper midscale hotel brand, announced that the renovation of the four-star Park Inn by Radisson, Sheremetyevo Airport Moscow in Russia is now complete. The project has seen the guest rooms redesigned and thorough updates made to the lobby and lounge areas -...
