On June 1, Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, launched regular flights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo to Marseille.
The 2,673-kilometre year-round route will be operated 5 times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays by the Skyteam carrier’s 140-seat A320 aircraft. According to OAG Schedules Analyser, Aeroflot will face competition from...
On Sunday, June 2, Brussels Airlines launched its first direct flight to Sheremetyevo International Airport. The route Brussels - Moscow - Brussels will be performed four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (arrival at 12:20, departure at 13:15 Moscow time) on Airbus A319.
Passengers will be...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree naming dozens of airports across Russia, from Moscow to Magadan, after historical figures, the Moscow Times reports.
Under the decree published last week, 44 airports were given the names of prominent poets, writers, singers, scholars, political figures, engineers, and others.
In...
A 50% drop in charter arrivals from Russia was witnessed in India’s Goa during the recently concluded holiday season compared to the previous year, the Times of India reports. According to official data, 62,000 less Russian tourists visited Goa’s tourist resorts.
Local officials say that the season’s bright spot was...
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) exclusive advertising operator “Sheremetyevo Reklama” launched a virtual tour of its advertising spaces, Aviaport informs.
Site visitors will have the opportunity to evaluate the location of advertising space in Terminals B, D, E, F online and choose the most suitable option, based on their business goals....
The number of tourists from the United States to Russia has steadily increased since relations between the two countries began to deteriorate in 2014, Izvestia reports citing data from Russia’s Federal Security Agency (FSB).
Almost 1.4 million American citizens have visited Russia for tourist, business, and private purposes in the...
Azur Air, the biggest charter airline in Russia, has launched regular weekly Boeing 767-300 flights from Moscow’s Vnukovo to China’s Taiyuan, with the new flight program targeting Chinese tourists visiting Russia, the company announced.
The new service’s first 328 passengers arrived in Moscow last Saturday and, until recently, Azur Air...
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...
The largest airport in Russia, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, has said the number of passengers served in the first four months of this year reached 14.676 million, a 16.2% rise compared to the same time last year, Aex.ru reports.
Passenger traffic on international airlines (IAL) from the beginning of 2019...
Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) is ranked 6th as one of the best airports in 2019 in an article published by Bloomberg.
According to author Claire Ballantine “The flight industry is experiencing a rapid increase in global tourism. The Worldwide Tourism Organization estimates that worldwide international tourist arrivals increased 6%, to...
