Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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...
The UN Agency for the Refugees' Affairs and Sheremetyevo International Airport honored the International Refugees Day by unveiling the ‘Refugees in the Modern World’ exhibit. In accordance with the UN General Assembly resolution of December the 4th 2000, Refugees' Day is celebrated on June the 20th each year from that...
About a third of respondents in a Russian survey conducted by Sberbank say they prefer to use western-built jets from Airbus and Boeing to Russian airplanes, Rusaviainsider.com reports. The quarterly poll, called Ivanov Consumer Index, tracks consumer confidence, focused on recent customer preference changes. One-third of the respondents admit they...
A visa waiver agreement between Russia and Jamaica will increase the Caribbean country’s attractiveness for Russian tourists, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday, according to SM News. "An intergovernmental visa waiver agreement that Ms Minister and I had signed in New York in September last year took effect in...
Kayak and Momondo airline ticket and hotel booking services have stopped offering hotels in Crimea to tourists from Russia, RIA reported. When searching for hotels on the peninsula for the nearest dates, the Kayak service gives a message: "We did not find suitable results. Perhaps none of our providers serve...
UAE-based Spatial, a leading provider of cabin crew training simulators, has been chosen by Russia's biggest airline, Aeroflot, to supply two A321 Door Trainers, TradeArabia reports. The Door Trainers will be used to train Aeroflot’s cabin crew to become completely proficient in the safe operation of the A321 aircraft emergency...
One of Europe’s fastest growing low-cost carriers, Hungary’s Wizz Air, is setting up an air connection between the capitals of Hungary and Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan from October 30 this year, the Budapest Business Journal reports. “The governments of Hungary and Tatarstan have a mutual interest in developing air connections...
Hotel Okura Co Ltd and AEON Corporation have signed an agreement covering the operation of a hotel that will be built by AEON on the south side of Sheremetyevo, Moscow's largest airport. The new property, due to open in 2022, marks Hotel Okura’s entry into the Russian market, Japan...
The head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism Rosturizm, Zarina Doguzova, has called on India to waive visas for tourist groups from Russia, TASS reported on Wednesday from the Second Russian-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue taking place in Delhi. "There is an initiative that we are going to put forward on this...
Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot announced a number of upgrades to its business class offering that according to the company “will make flying with Russia's flag carrier an even more comfortable and enjoyable experience," ETurbonews.com reported. The company rolled out a new business class menu by acclaimed French chef Kamel Benmamar,...