Monday, May 20, 2024
Aeroexpress will launch a regular bus route from the Khovrino metro station to Terminal B of Sheremetyevo Airport, RIA Novosti reported. This autumn, high-capacity express buses will connect Khovrino, a large transport hub, with the airport’s Northern Terminal Complex. The bus route will run along the M-11 toll highway; therefore,...
The Krasnoyarsk Region will invest about one billion rubles ($13 million) in renewing the air fleet of its carrier KrasAvia, TASS reported on Wednesday.  According to the Krasnoyarsk Region’s Minister of Transport Konstantin Dimitrov, air routes are the only communication for passengers and cargoes for the region’s many districts, including...
Sheremetyevo International Airport’s success in the Chinese-European market is due to the strong attention it pays to the needs of Chinese travelers, Passenger Terminal Today reported. Speaking at the recent 2019 IAR Chinese-European Aviation Summit in Beijing, head of international air companies service Aleksandr Nikonov told delegates that Sheremetyevo prioritizes...
Yango, a digital e-hailing app currently operating in 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, was launched in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Thursday, according to See News. Romania is the fifth EU country where the service is available, after the Baltic trio of states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,...
The Moscow mayor’s office seeks to keep an eye not just on its native citizens, but also foreign tourists, with new plans in the works for tracking the movement of foreign tourists, Kommersant reports.  The city authorities have shown an interest in creating a surveillance system to track the movement...
Local authorities in Russia‘s Irkutsk region have adopted new rules for the organization of tourism and recreation in the central ecological zone of the Baikal natural territory, which will limit tourist activity in Lake Baikal, Sibnovosti reports. In accordance with the rules, 11 places will be allocated in the ecological...
British multinational hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened three new hotels in Russia and Georgia in recent weeks with a further five venues in the CIS region set to open over the coming months, Tophotel reported. So far in 2019, IHG has opened the Crowne Plaza Ufa-Congress Hotel and...
The total cost of tours to Turkey booked for June is almost 25 billion rubles, Dmitry Gorin, vice-president of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), said in an interview with RBC TV channel. "Today is a hard day for tourists and travel companies. According to preliminary estimates, in...
Russian airline Pegas Fly has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-900 airplane, increasing the number of aircraft in its fleet with a capacity of more than 200 seats, Ato.ru reported. The company, which is controlled by Turkish tour company Pegas Touristik, is gearing up to operate several 737-900s, the...
The Russian government has ambitious plans to invest around $1.6 billion in the next few years to attract more tourists and become one of the world's top 10 travel destinations. The latest incentives include eased visa restrictions and tours off the beaten track, AFP writes. Nearly 25 million tourists visited...