Aviation News

More Turkish Airlines offices in Russia

By the end of 2011, Turkish Airlines plans to open 3 more offices in Russia, including Samara and Novosibirsk At present, the carrier already has 7 offices in Moscow, St-Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Sochi, Kazan and Ekaterinburg and has 72 weekly flights to Turkey, including 40 from Moscow.

 

S7 will fly to Hong Kong

As of November, 2011, S7 Airlines will start regular weekly direct flights from Vladivostok (Russian Far East) to Hong Kong. South East Asia is a strategic region for S7, where they already have up to 14 flights a week from 5 Russian cities to Beijing, China.

 

Tunis Air to start flights to Moscow

The new flight by Tunisair will be operated twice a week from Moscow to Cartago, by Airbus A320. This is in addition to a regular weekly flight by the Russian carrier Transaero to Monastir and charters to Monastir by another Tunisian carrier, Nouvel Air.

 

Korean Air introduces Seoul - Irkutsk flight

As of June 29, 2011, Korean Air started twice weekly direct regular flights from Irkutsk (Siberia) to Seoul. The new flight will provide convenient connections to Thailand, Vietnam, Bali and the Philippines. Korean Air already operates flights to Seoul from 3 Russian cities, including: Moscow (4 times a week), St-Petersburg (3 times a week during the summer) and Vladivostok (daily).

 

Vueling plans to expand in Russia by 200%

The Spanish low cost carrier Vueling Airlines announced their plans to start flying from Russia to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Malaga and Alicante. Vueling came to Russia in 2009, launching flights from Moscow and St-Petersburg to Barcelona. In 2011, the carrier plans to have 90,000 passengers from Russia, ie increasing their volume by 5 times, compared to 2009. Vueling also considers direct flights to Barcelona from Kaliningrad in the North-West of Russia and Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar in the South.

 

More carriers from Russia to Dubai

From November 2011, Emirates will start scheduled direct flights from St-Petersburg to Dubai. The daily flight is in addition to the twice daily flight from Moscow. The low cost carrier flydubai also announced two more new flights from Kazan and Ufa. Flydubai already runs flights from Samara and Ekaterinburg in Russia, and from Kiev, Donetsk and Kharkov in Ukraine. Flydubai's main partner is in Russia is one of the leading tour operators, Natalie Tours.

 

Air France opens Moscow - Marseille route

As of October, 2011, Air France will start scheduled direct flights from Moscow to Marseille, this will be the first Air France flight out of Paris, it will operate 4 times a week. It aims to attract Russian tourists to the region of Provence and provide better flight connections to the Cote d'Azur, which until now is only served by Aeroflot with its Moscow-Nice fight.