More than 300,000 foreign patients came to Russia for medical services in Russia in 2018, Healthcare Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Tuesday, according to TASS news agency.
"If you recall, we reported the results – 20,000 foreign patients in 2016, 120,000 in 2017; according to preliminary data, over 300,000,"...
London Heathrow Airport held onto its status as Europe’s busiest hub last year with a pack of four challengers almost neck-and-neck in the competition for second place, Bloomberg reported.
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo joined the regional top 10 at the expense of Rome’s Fiumicino terminal, spurred by a surge in soccer fans...
Thailand is the most popular foreign destination for Russian travelers this New Year festive season, the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) has said, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Russian’s own Sochi is the most popular domestic destination, the industry association revealed.
"Thailand’s beaches and Sochi’s ski resorts competed fiercely for...
OAG Aviation Worldwide ranked the most punctual airlines and airports in the world for 2018, Izvestya reported.
The report shows that Panamanian company Copa Airlines had the least delays and discrepancies with the schedule during 2018. The top 10 airlines also include Latvian airBaltic, Qatar Airways and the Dutch KLM....
Pegas Touristik, a Russian tour operator which organizes about 300 charter flights every season, has decided to discontinue its charter operations in India’s Goa from January 12, The Times of India reports.
Joao Xavier Miranda of Cicerone Air Transport Services, an airline representative firm, said Pegas’ decision is due to...
Russia’s Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport welcomed its 18 millionth passenger on December 2018, marking the airport’s historic record in traffic figures for one calendar year, Travel Daily News International reported.
The figure represents an 11.8% rise year-on-year. The previous highest number was 16.1 million, a mark that Pulkovo Airport...
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...
The number of branded hotel rooms in Russia and the countries from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has grown by 8,000, says a report by JLL Hotels and Hospitality, according to Travel Daily News.
“Compared to the previous three years, 2018 was a breakthrough in terms of branded...
A bankrupt Russian tour operator agency which stranded hundreds of tourists in China was stripped of its license by Russia’s tourism watchdog, Rosturizm.
The last of the stranded tourists, who were sold fake tickets by the Pearl River travel agency, were arriving home on Friday, RIA News reported.
According to Russian...
Sheremetyevo International Airport and Aviasales summed up interim results of their joint air ticket search service for the period of January-November 2018. The handy widget continues to help passengers book flights just with a few clicks, Aviaport informs.
Sheremetyevo became the first Russian airport, which began working with the Aviasales...
