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Finland may renew regular flights to Sochi

Finland may renew regular flights to Sochi

Russia has recommended that Finland renew their regular flights to Sochi. The protocol for negotiations that Russian and Finnish aviation authorities have planned says that Finnish companies have been given permission to fly to nine Russian …

Russia’s Aeroflot to stop flights to Georgia

Russia’s Aeroflot to stop flights to Georgia

Aeroflot, a Russian air company, plans to stop flights to Georgia and will only restart them after the restoration of flight links blocked in 2008, Business Georgia reports.Georgia and Russia have no direct flight connections. Aeroflot was …

Armenia to liberalize air transportation with five countries

Armenia to liberalize air transportation with five countries

Armenia will sign agreements liberalizing air links with Ukraine, Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraq and Kuwait, said Artem Movsisyan, head of the Main Civil Aviation Directorate, ArmInfo reports.Such agreements have already been signed with the US, …

Tickets for planes to Sochi to become cheaper

Tickets for planes to Sochi to become cheaper

Vitaly Savelyev, Director General of Aeroflot, said that tickets for Moscow-Sochi flights will become cheaper during the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. They will cost 5,000 rubles from January 1, 2014, Interfax reports.The new prices will be available for tickets to fly on February 7-23 and March 7-16.

Aeroflot to return to Georgian market

Aeroflot to return to Georgian market

Russian air company Aeroflot is going to return to the Georgian market. The corresponding talks have already been launched, the administration of Tbilisi International Airport informs.

Aeroflot vows to keep flight prices to Sochi unchanged

Aeroflot vows to keep flight prices to Sochi unchanged

Aeroflot (Russia) said that ticket prices for flights to Sochi will not rise in 2014, according to a deal signed by Alexander Zhukov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, and Vitaly Savelyev, Director General of Aeroflot, RIA Novosti reports.Aeroflot plans to transport over 800 athletes and members of delegations and their luggage.

Russian air companies make no flights over Syria

Russian air companies make no flights over Syria

 Transaero, Aeroflot and S7 said that they were not making any flights over Syria, PRIME reports.UTair said that it had made no flights over the country since late March 2013.The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency recommended Russian companies to stop passenger flights over Syria on Monday.A Nord Wind jet with 159 passengers on board suffered a missile attack over Syria on its way from Sharm el Sheikh to Kazan. The jet landed successfully and did not report about the attack to the Kazan flight control service. 

Fog at Stavropol Airport gone

The A319 plane making a double flight for Aeroflot and Donavia departed from the Stavropol Airport at 1.28 pm after arriving from Moscow at 12.22 pm.

Fog delays flights at Stavropol Territory

Fog delays flights at Stavropol Territory

Two departing and arriving flights have been delayed at the Stavropol Airport due to dense fog, RIA Novosti reports.An A319 serving Aeroflot and Donavia were to land at 10.25 am and were expected at 12.20 pm.

Russia to form national low-cost airline

Russia to form national low-cost airline

 Aeroflot offers to form a national low-cost airline if amendments to the Air Code and aviation rules are passed, Director of the company Vitaly Savelyev said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, ITAR-TASS reports.Aeroflot proposed construction of a special airport using already existing ones around Moscow.The official said that passengers purchasing low-cost tickets should have no right to demand refunds, such as it is done in Europe and America.

Berezovsky suspected of investing in Borzhomi

Berezovsky suspected of investing in Borzhomi

Boris Berezovsky is suspected of investing millions of dollars in the Georgian mineral water Borzhomi, spokesman of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said, RIA Novosti reports.Markin said that the Borzhomi Center and IDS Borzhomi in Moscow had police searches.

"Kuban Airlines" enters the top five airlines in Russia in number of flights delayed

"Kuban Airlines" enters the top five airlines in Russia in number of flights delayed

"VIM-Avia” delayed more flights than other Russian airlines in July 2012. The airline delayed 176 of 674 of its flights, representing 26.11% of the total. In addition, 24 flights of "VIM Avia" were late in arriving at the destination by more than 6 hours, RBC reports with reference to the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia).

Aeroflot ends flights to Syria

Aeroflot ends flights to Syria

 Aeroflot, the largest Russian air company, has stopped flights to Damascus (Syria) due to low demand for tickets, Newsland.ru reports.Other companies offer flights to Damascus with one or two stopovers. The Russian Foreign Ministry has recommended that Russians abstain from visiting Syria suffering from disorders. 

Aeroflot stops flight service to Damascus

Aeroflot stops flight service to Damascus

Russia’s largest air company Aeroflot will end flights to Damascus (Syria) on August 6 due to commercial reasons, PRIME reports.Aeroflot and Syrian Air made direct Moscow-Damascus flights. Other companies offer flights to Syria stopovers.

Aeroflot to blacklist passengers and staff

The head of the major air-company Aeroflot, Vitaly Savelyev, thinks that Russia should have blacklists of pilots and passengers, RIA Novosti reports. “We have presented several times and will present again the initiative of blacklisting some pilots,” Savelyev told journalists.He noted that when Aeroflot fires pilots for violation of rules, they get jobs in other air companies because of a deficit of pilots in Russia.Today only 400 pilots graduate every year in Russia, while the necessary number is 1000.