On behalf of Finnair, Flybe Finland will operate three round-trips a week on each of the three new routes, with Embraer 190 jets. The airline begins flying all three routes this summer.
Read moreKazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana will launch new services from Almaty and Astana to Ukraine’s capital Kiev on March 31 and April 1 respectively. It will also begin flying from Atyrau, on the Caspian Sea, to Moscow on April 1 and between Astana and Orenburg in southern Russia on April 16.
Read moreAegean Airlines Expands Its International Network
Airlines March 20, 2013
Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines has launched an expanded schedule which includes 29 new scheduled international routes from a total of 12 Greek and Cypriot airports, eight of which Aegean uses as bases.
Read moreAviation Capital Services LLC, an aircraft leasing company which is a subsidiary of the State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostech), has announced a commitment by Rostech to purchase 35 Boeing 737 MAX jets.
Read moreThe carrier’s flights to the major Siberian industrial and transportation center will be operated by 50-seat Fokker 50 turboprops twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays. Two more weekly frequencies, operated by Embraer 190 jets on Thursdays and Sundays, will begin from September 1.
Read moreSkyTeam Launches ‘Go Russia Pass’, for Domestic Flights on Aeroflot
AirlinesAirportsTravel Tips April 26, 2012
SkyTeam’s new Go Russia Pass is available to passengers traveling on flights originating outside Russia with any of SkyTeam’s 15 member airlines, or on a Go Round the World ticket. The pass includes more than 30 destinations from Aeroflot’s hub at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
Read moreTransaero Airlines of Russia has signed an order for four 787-8 Dreamliners, the signing ceremony for the $744 million order making history by being held on board the 787 during a demonstration flight for Transaero’s executives, employees and special guests.
Read moreThe order follows a memorandum of understanding which Transaero Airlines signed in August at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Salon in Moscow.
Read moreMarriott Opens Its First Hotel in Siberia
DestinationsHotels November 9, 2011
Marriott International has opened its first hotel in Siberia, the 208-room Courtyard by Marriott Irkutsk City Center.
Read moreSingapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ flight code to Transaero-operated flights between the Russian capital Moscow and Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. Transaero will add its ‘UN’ flight code to Singapore Airlines-operated flights between Moscow and Singapore, and between Moscow and Houston.
Read moreThe State Corporation’s Supervisory Board approved the definitive agreement it signed and announced on September 17 during the Sochi Investment Forum in Russia. Rostechnology’s order includes 15 Boeing 737-700s, 25 737-800s and 10 737-900ERs.
Read moreMarriott to Open Two More Hotels in Russia
DestinationsHotels October 19, 2009
As the 518-room Warsaw Marriott Hotel ― Marriott’s first hotel in the former Eastern Bloc ― celebrates the 20th anniversary of its grand opening, Marriott International, Inc. has signed agreements to operate two more hotels in Russia.
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