When will the summer schedule of aircraft appear. Russian aviation. When is the cheapest time to travel in summer?

Aeroflot Group switches to winter schedule. Instead of Gelendzhik and Heraklion, planes will fly to London and Bangkok, new overseas flights from the regions will appear, and the number of destinations of the Pobeda low-cost airline will increase compared to last year. "Spark" took a closer look at seasonal changes

Anton Moroshkin

All member airlines of the International Air Transport Association divide the year into two seasons. In autumn, the beaches of the Mediterranean and Black Sea resorts become empty, but vacationers rush closer to the equator or, conversely, to the ski slopes of Europe. And along with the tourist flows, the routes of world air carriers are also changing.

The winter season lasts from the last Sunday of October to the end of March, then the summer season begins. This year, the aviation "winter" comes on October 30, and with it the usual winter changes. Aeroflot traditionally stops flights to Gelendzhik, Heraklion and Croatian Split. But Montenegrin Tivat remains on the schedule. After all, Montenegro is famous not only for its beaches; in winter, ski slopes in Zabljak and Kolasin are waiting for guests.

It seems that Sochi has finally established itself as a year-round resort. At least judging by Aeroflot flights. Last winter, the number of aircraft on the Moscow-Adler route was increased from 35 to 42 per week. In the summer there were already 49 of them. And for the winter, the number of aircraft flying to the resort city was decided not to be reduced.

Apparently, the Russians are increasingly relying on domestic tourism. This is also evidenced by the continuous growth of communication between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Last October, Aeroflot added five additional flights a week to its schedule, raising the total to 112. In the summer, seven more flights between the two capitals were added. And with the transition to a new winter schedule, it was decided to immediately add 21 aircraft per week. Passengers flying from Moscow to Yekaterinburg and Tyumen, winter, too, apparently, does not stop. It was decided not to cancel the additional flights introduced in the summer in the autumn.

More and more cities appear in the schedule grid. For example, Saratov. A year ago, Saratov-Central Airport only received permission to receive Superjets. The issue of launching regular Aeroflot flights was then actively discussed. In this summer and winter schedule, the Moscow-Saratov flight is already on. In the coming season, Aeroflot will open daily Sochi-Simferopol flights. Flights will begin on January 21, 2017.

Aeroflot is not planning new foreign routes from Moscow this winter, but it is increasing the number of aircraft on existing routes. For example, flights to Valencia, Alicante and Lyon were launched this summer. All of them are kept in the winter schedule, and it was decided to make the connection with Lyon more intensive, bringing the number of flights to seven a week.

Flights to Istanbul, after relations with Turkey deteriorated, were reduced, but this winter they are returning at the same volume - 21 per week. The resorts of Southeast Asia are invariably popular in winter. For the second winter in a row, Aeroflot has increased the number of flights to Hanoi. Last year - from four to five a week, this year - up to seven. Doubling, from 7 to 14 per week, the number of aircraft flying to Bangkok. As usual, there will be more flights to Miami during the winter season.

But the absolute record holder of the new schedule is the Moscow-London direction. It was decided to add 14 additional flights to the already existing 18 flights a week. Half of them will fly from Sheremetyevo to Heathrow. The other half goes to Gatwick. Aeroflot for the first time masters the second airport of the British capital. Convenient daytime flights will be carried out by aircraft of the A320 family.

The Rossiya subsidiary airline traditionally stops flying from St. Petersburg to Antalya and Burgas for the winter, but includes Geneva in its schedule. This winter, Petersburgers will generally become closer to Europe. Daily flights are scheduled from the northern capital to Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Vienna.

Flights from regions abroad seem to be a new trend for the entire Aeroflot Group. On June 17, the national carrier itself launched the first foreign flight from the regional airport: Kazan - Frankfurt. Airbus 320 flies from the capital of Tatarstan to one of the main European air hubs on Mondays and Fridays. It was decided to extend the flights for the winter season.

In general, if we compare the current winter schedule with last year, it was Pobeda that showed the greatest progress in the entire Aeroflot Group.

Keeps up with the trend "Victory". The domestic low-cost airline launches two international flights from Rostov-on-Don at once: to Baku and Tbilisi. And flights to Almaty are opened from Samara this winter season. Aeroflot began to strengthen air communication with Kazakhstan back in the summer by launching six new flights from Moscow at once: to Aktau, Aktobe, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau and Shymkent. Now the low-cost airline has also joined this process of rapprochement between the two countries.

If we compare the current winter schedule with last year, it is Pobeda that showed great progress in the Aeroflot Group. A year ago, it had a little more than 30 destinations in its route grid. In the current winter schedule, the airline has planned to increase this figure by a quarter.

In addition to Moscow Vnukovo, the Russian low-cost airline provides regional flights from St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Rostov, Samara and Makhachkala. You can buy Pobeda tickets to Milan via Bergamo Airport, and to Vienna via Bratislava, as well as to Cologne and Memmingen, to Girona, to Larnaca. And from this autumn - also to the three capitals of the former Soviet republics.

The internal Russian route network of the low-cost carrier has also grown noticeably over the year. Pobeda now flies from Moscow to Chelyabinsk and Naberezhnye Chelny, from St. Petersburg to Kirov, Volgograd, Vladikavkaz and Nalchik, from Yekaterinburg to Krasnoyarsk.

New flights from Aeroflot and its subsidiaries appear throughout the year. But switching to a winter or, conversely, summer schedule is the best time to take stock and compare current results with last year. In the winter of 2015-2016, the national carrier flew to 125 destinations, and together with its subsidiaries, Aeroflot had 211 non-recurring routes. This winter season, there will be 130 own flights, and 215 together with subsidiaries. Progress is evident.

winter impressions

Geography

The most interesting destinations offered in the new schedule, studied "Spark"

Bangkok

14 flights per week

Thailand is a favorite country for Russians who want to move from winter to summer. When it's warm in Russia, it's the rainy season and there's nothing to do. But from the end of October to the end of March - just at the time of the winter schedule - the weather is the most comfortable. You can swim in the sea and go on a trip to the jungle. Bangkok, however, is not only the air gate of Thailand, but also a city that is interesting in itself. Klong canals, Buddhist temples, a large palace - having arrived from winter Moscow, you can spend several days here with great interest.

Baku

4 flights a week from Rostov-on-Don with Pobeda airline

You can go to the capital of Azerbaijan even in February: it doesn’t get very cold here. Of course, the most atmospheric place is the medieval district of Icheri Sheher, widely known for the film "The Diamond Arm". Most of the ancient monuments are concentrated on its crooked streets. The famous Maiden's Tower is also nearby. But there are plenty of other attractions in Baku. The city has a charming seaside boulevard, many monuments of Art Nouveau of the beginning of the century and the world's first Carpet Museum.

Sochi

49 flights per week

A lot of effort has been spent to turn the seaside Sochi into a place of year-round recreation, but now the goal has been achieved. Krasnaya Polyana, with its slopes famous for the Olympics, has become the main ski resort country. And the service there is quite world-class. In Sochi itself, winter tourists will certainly be attracted by the Olympic Park with its famous sports facilities. The oceanarium, dolphinarium and Riviera Park are also now open all year round. Snow on the slopes lies all the time of the Aeroflot winter schedule. But experts say that the best skiing is in February - March.

London

32 flights per week

Summer is considered the high tourist season in London, so winter is a rare chance to see the main sights without crowds of Chinese tourists. There are no severe colds here, museums are open all year round, and pubs are even more comfortable when it is winter or late autumn outside. In December, there are Christmas markets on the streets of the British capital. On New Year's Eve, the sales season begins. But on Christmas itself, going to London is usually not advised. Londoners are leaving these days and everything is closed.

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Summer holidays are possible not only in warm countries, but also on the territory. But at this time, the cost of the flight increases significantly in many directions. To make your vacation in June, July or August not expensive, it is recommended to buy air tickets for the summer in advance.

Summer is the time of holidays, many families go on trips during this period, as they can travel with the kids. Different directions are being chosen, movements are becoming more active both abroad and abroad. Families go to, to the Krasnodar Territory. Demand for popular tourist destinations is on the rise.

Rest on the Black Sea coast is not a very expensive event. You can stay not only in an expensive hotel, but also in the private sector, and for the most economical there are campsites. And you can realize such a vacation only in the summer, so the number of tourists who dream of relaxing for a penny is growing.

Resorts are not only a place of rest, but also a place of income, which is why hundreds of thousands of people go to the sea to make a profit. As a result, millions of people visit the coast in 3 months. That is why air tickets in the summer are at least twice as expensive.

A large number of travelers allows airlines to raise prices. The demand for summer flights never falls, which means that special offers and discounts for popular destinations are not organized. And although additional flights are being created, and to cities on the coast of other countries, there are few empty seats. It is difficult to buy air tickets for the summer of 2017 at a discount during the warmer months.

When is the cheapest time to travel in summer?

The cheapest flights are sold at the beginning of June. At this time, still Black and mediterranean sea are not warmed up to the optimum temperature. Air tickets to the Krasnodar Territory are sold 10-12% cheaper than in early July. The maximum cost for flights is set for the "high season" - July and August.

The cost of air tickets in the summer does not decrease until August 31. The maximum number of passengers is at the end of the season, as children return home before the start of the school year. But in September, the sea is still warm, and the rest can be just as exciting. By the end of September, prices, compared with August, fall by 10-18%.

When is the best time to buy air tickets for the summer?

It is most advantageous to buy tickets for the upcoming season 7 months in advance. Holidays in July should be planned in late November - early December. At this time, airlines find out the preliminary demand and form new flights. For such a period, you can find options at last year's prices. Often the savings are up to 19%.

The final cost of the flight is formed 10 weeks before departure. After this mark, the likelihood of cheap tickets appearing is very small. Therefore, you need to buy plane tickets for the summer of 2017 no later than April.

In summer, a large number of charter flights to popular destinations are organized. Tour operators are engaged in the sale of seats, and if there are suddenly empty seats on the plane, they are offered at a low price. Such offers appear infrequently, but you can save up to 30% on them. The maximum number of burning tickets is observed in June.

Buying tickets for the summer on a charter at a fabulous cost is obtained only a couple of days before departure. It is necessary to carefully monitor the emerging places. you can find similar offers in the high season. But it’s not worth waiting until the last minute and pinning hopes on such flights, because there may not be the right options.

It is very difficult to get cheap flights in summer, it is better to plan all flights in advance. We offer already today. Any direction is available at a variety of prices. A convenient service will allow you to choose a flight that meets all your needs.

Sheremetyevo

Sheremetyevo International Airport from March 25 to October 27, 2018 switches to the spring-summer flight schedule. During the summer navigation, the airlines will increase the frequency of flights from the airport to popular tourist and business destinations and expand the route network. In total, 214,000 passenger flights to 210 destinations are planned for the summer season at Sheremetyevo.

In the coming spring-summer season, Aeroflot Airlines will continue to actively develop transfer transportation and the route network from Sheremetyevo.

The seasonal schedule includes 52 routes in Russia, as well as 16 points in 7 CIS countries and 78 points in foreign countries. Starting from July, the airline's schedule will include new daily international flights to Naples, Verona and Burgas. In summer navigation, the frequency of flights to Barcelona increases to 29 per week and to 21 per week to Madrid. In connection with the resumption of regular flights with Egypt, Aeroflot will open flights on the Moscow-Cairo-Moscow route from April 11. On May 1, the geography of Aeroflot flights will be replenished with a new domestic destination: the airline will begin operating 14 flights a week to Saransk. Since June, the frequency of the airline's flights to Yekaterinburg will significantly increase to 63 per week. In July, the airline opens a new route to Kyzylorda.

From March 25, the airline " Ural Airlines»: daily flights to Sochi, Simferopol and Yekaterinburg are opened.

In the spring-summer season, Atlasglobal will start operating 7 flights a week to Antalya. In May, Ellinair opens new destinations to Rhodes, Kavala and Chania, increases the frequency of flights to Heraklion and Thessaloniki: in total, the airline will operate more than 30 flights per week. Czech Airlines increases the number of flights to Prague to 21 per week from March. From May, the frequency of Alitalia flights to Rome will increase to 14 per week, Finnair will operate 21 flights per week to Helsinki.

Air Astana from June to 12 a week will increase the frequency of flights to Astana. From June, Air China will increase the frequency of flights to Beijing to 14 a week. Hainan Airlines will increase the frequency of flights to the Chinese capital from July to 10 per week. Beijing Capital will launch flights to a new destination in Hangzhou.

In the spring-summer season, Nordwind Airlines and Pegas Fly will continue to develop domestic routes. The frequency of flights to the largest Russian cities will increase - St. Petersburg to 28 per week, Kazan to 14 per week, Krasnodar to 13 per week, Khabarovsk to 6 per week, Samara to 7 per week, Sochi to 18 per week and Simferopol to 28 per week week, a new direction to Anapa opens. The route network of Royal Flight will be replenished with a new international destination to Guiyang. Severstal Airlines adds additional flights to Apatity and Cherepovets to its schedule on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Pulkovo

Since March 25, 2018, St. Petersburg Airport has started operating in summer navigation mode. In the summer schedule, which will last until October 27 inclusive, the geography of flights from Pulkovo will be supplemented by Russian and foreign cities, and the frequency of flights to a number of destinations will increase.

Route network

The novelties of the route network of the airport of the city on the Neva in the summer season will be the resort Pula on the Adriatic Sea (Croatia), the famous Pisa (Italy), Cologne (Germany), Gyumri (Armenia), Girona (Spain), Malta (Air Malta), Dresden ( Germany), Alanya (Turkey), long-haul destinations Chengdu and Nanjing (PRC), as well as Doha (Qatar), where flights opened at the end of 2017.

Traditional summer flights will resume to Belgrade, Rome, Brussels, Shanghai, Zagreb, Tivat, Seoul, Athens and other cities of Greece, Burgas, Madrid, Monastir, Urumqi. The number of carriers operating flights to Kaliningrad, Nizhnekamsk, Ulyanovsk, Murmansk, Perm, London, Tbilisi, Alicante, Copenhagen and Stockholm will increase.

Airport infrastructure

In preparation for the summer season and the meeting of guests and participants of the FIFA World Cup 2018, Pulkovo's Northern Capital Gateway management company is recruiting additional staff for the airport services. In addition, the entrance screening area will be expanded in the centralized passenger terminal, additional signs will be placed throughout the terminal building. In the summer season, Fast Track for domestic lines will operate - an additional screening point for passing to the waiting area in a short way.

Convenient transfer

Pulkovo Airport will continue to provide comfortable connections via St. Petersburg to transfer passengers of domestic and international flights, including under the M2 program for customers of airlines that do not have codeshare and interline agreements with each other. As part of the project, travelers can purchase through tickets with a change in the Northern capital for flights of 17 carriers to more than 80 destinations in Russia, the CIS and the Far Abroad.

For passengers with a long layover, Pulkovo Airport, together with the NTK Intourist company, offers a special opportunity - sightseeing tours of St. Petersburg with departure from the airport. You can book a guided bus or car tour at the desk in the terminal, as well as in advance by e-mail or by phone.

Pulkovo Airport in January-February 2018 served 2.033 million passengers, an 8% increase over the same period in 2017. Since 2010, the main operator of Pulkovo Airport has been the Northern Capital Gateway International Consortium, which, on the basis of a public-private partnership, manages the airport and the project for its reconstruction and development.

The calendar of aviation seasons, in accordance with the standards of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), is divided into two periods. The summer season runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. The winter season runs from the last Sunday in October to the last Sunday in March.

On March 25, 2018, Rossiya Airlines began operating direct regular flights from St. Petersburg to London (UK). Flights are operated from Pulkovo Airport to Gatwick Airport daily on comfortable aircraft of the Airbus A320 family.

Rossiya became the second regular air carrier on the London-St. Petersburg route. Daily flights from Pulkovo to another airport in the British capital, Heathrow, are operated by British Airways. In 2017, 92.3 thousand people used direct flights between the Northern capital of Russia and London, which is 7% more than in 2016. Indirect passenger traffic increased by 20% to 31 thousand people.

St. Petersburg - London - St. Petersburg

Route	Flight number	Departure*	Arrival*	Days of the week
Saint Petersburg ̶ London	S.U. 6619	14:30	16:00	1,2,3,4,5,6
Saint Petersburg ̶ London	S.U. 6619	14:25	15:55	7
London ̶ Saint Petersburg	S.U.6620	17:10	22:25	1,2,3,4,5,6,7

*Local time indicated

Rossiya is the base carrier of Pulkovo Airport and the largest airline in terms of traffic from the air harbor of St. Petersburg. In January-February 2018, Rossiya served 650.7 thousand passengers at Pulkovo. The geography of flights of "Rossiya" from the airport of the Northern capital covers 44 regular destinations. Rossiya Airlines is part of the Aeroflot Group.

The passenger traffic of Pulkovo Airport in January-February 2018 amounted to 2.03 million people, which is 8.1% higher than the result for the same period in 2017. Passenger traffic on domestic flights increased by 3.8% to 1.39 million passengers. The volume of traffic on international air routes increased by 18.8% to 642 thousand people.

Tolmachevo

From March 25, Tolmachevo Airport will start operating the summer schedule with the opening of new flights, the resumption of seasonal routes and an increase in the frequency in a number of directions. In the summer season Novosibirsk airport will serve 90 destinations. The new schedule period will last until October 27.

In the summer season, the frequency of flights from Novosibirsk to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Surgut, Norilsk, Novy Urengoy, Ulan-Ude, Omsk, Abakan, Kyzyl, Talakan and Khanty-Mansiysk will increase, flights to Mineralnye Vody, Perm and Ufa will continue and other directions. Traditionally, during the summer period, the frequency of flights to the south of Russia will increase: to Simferopol, Rostov-on-Don, Anapa and Sochi. During the peak dates of the season on the route Novosibirsk - Sochi, Rossiya Airlines flights will be operated on Boeing 747 aircraft. Samara will become a new flight of the summer schedule, and the seasonal flight to Bratsk will be resumed.

On existing routes, such airlines as Yamal, Nordwind Airlines, Pobeda, Alrosa, NordStar, Red Wings, Aeroflot, Avia Traffic Company are increasing the number of flights.

In domestic Russian destinations, the program for the development of regional air transportation by the partner of Tolmachevo Airport, S7 Airlines, deserves special attention. Its peculiarity is the active use of the Novosibirsk airport as a connecting hub on routes between the cities of southern Russia, Siberia and the Far East, as well as the operation of flights on a new type of Embraer 170 aircraft for the airline. Thus, within the framework of this program, S7 Airlines will continue to operate flights to Omsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Abakan, Chelyabinsk, Noyabrsk, Tyumen and Novy Urengoy and will open flights to Tomsk, Gorno-Altaisk, Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk, Kyzyl, Nadym, Kogalym, Beloyarsky and Neryungri. Part of the flights will be operated within the framework of the program of state subsidies for air transportation under Government Decree No. 1242 dated 12/25/2013.

The program of state support for regional air transportation will operate in relation to nine destinations operated from Tolmachevo Airport - Kyzyl, Noyabrsk, Tomsk, Severo-Yeniseisk, Strezhevoy, Khanty-Mansiysk, Beloyarsky, Kogalym and Nadym. The Government of the Novosibirsk Region will take part in co-financing flights to Beloyarsky, Kyzyl, Nadym and Noyabrsk. Destinations Beloyarsky, Kogalym, Nadym will appear in the airport's route network for the first time in a long period.

The subsidizing of air transportation of special categories of passengers from the cities of the Far East to the hub airports of the Russian Federation will continue, within the framework of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1095 dated 12/29/2009. The subsidy program will be valid from April 1 to October 31. For Tolmachevo Airport, the list of subsidized destinations includes such cities as Yakutsk, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Chita, Mirny, Polyarny, Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

With the onset of the spring-summer period, Tolmachevo Airport will continue to serve more than 15 destinations to the CIS countries. Flights of partner airlines will be operated to Astana, Shymkent, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Dushanbe, Khujand, Namangan, Karaganda, Yerevan, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Fergana and other cities. It is planned to increase the frequency of flights to Almaty, Baku, Tashkent, Bishkek and Osh. From May 2, S7 Airlines opens flights to the capital of the Republic of Belarus - Minsk. The airline also opens a Novosibirsk-Pavlodar flight from May 30 and resumes a seasonal direct flight to Tamchy (Issyk-Kul) from June 21. Flights to Pavlodar and Tamchy will be operated by Embraer 170 aircraft.

New destinations on international air routes in the summer will be regular flights to Tokyo (from June 2) and Larnaca (from May 1). Flights to Tbilisi, Prague, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Dusseldorf will continue. A large program of charter flights to Antalya is planned in the summer schedule. For the first time, Rossiya Airlines will operate flights in this direction on Boeing 747 aircraft. Seasonal charter flights to Larnaca, Heraklion, Thessaloniki and Southeast Asia - Nha Trang, Phu Quoc, Sanya, Phuket, Utapao and Bangkok will continue. New charter destinations will be Dalaman and Hammamet.

Platov

Platov International Airport (part of the Airports of Regions holding) switches on March 25 to the spring-summer schedule, which will be valid until October 27, 2017. In the upcoming season, a record number of domestic routes will be available from Rostov-on-Don: 19 direct flights will connect the capital of the Southern Federal District with Russian cities.

The geography of flights within the country is represented by the following destinations: Moscow (up to 25 flights per day), St. Petersburg (up to 3 flights per day), Yekaterinburg, Grozny, Kazan, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Mirny, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Norilsk, Sochi, Samara, Surgut, Simferopol, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk and Cherepovets.

In the summer-2018 season, Rostov-on-Don will be connected by direct flights with 7 cities of the near abroad. Flights to Yerevan, Gyumri, Tashkent, Khujand and Tbilisi remain in the schedule, as well as new routes to Minsk and Batumi are opened.

Foreign regular and charter programs have also been expanded. In total, passengers of the Platov airport are offered two dozen sea and excursion destinations from far abroad: Istanbul (Turkey), Tel Aviv (Israel), Dubai (UAE), Prague (Czech Republic), Barcelona (Spain), Bologna (Italy), Burgas (Bulgaria), Djerba and Enfida (Tunisia), as well as immediately in 4 directions in Greece (Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Rhodes and Kerkyra) and Turkey (Antalya, Bodrum, Gazipasa and Dalaman). In April, there is also the opportunity to have time to relax in Phuket and in Pattaya (Thailand) and Goa (India).

In total, in the spring-summer season, 26 Russian and international airlines will operate flights from Platov Airport to 46 destinations within the country and abroad.

Simferopol

From March 25, 2018, the spring-summer flight schedule begins to operate at Simferopol Airport. For the first time in the history of the air hub, flights to Crimea will be carried out by 18 airlines to 67 destinations.

In spring-summer navigation, air communication with Krasnodar, Belgorod, Murmansk, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Volgograd, Tomsk, and other cities, which was not carried out in winter, is resumed.

Also this summer, new destinations will be opened, flights on which have never been operated from Simferopol before: Tambov, Saransk, Nalchik, Makhachkala, Vladikavkaz, Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Pskov and Noyabrsk.

In addition, air communication with Stavropol and Grozny, which has not been carried out in recent years, will be resumed.

In summer, Nordwind Airlines has the widest route network from Simferopol Airport. The air carrier will connect Crimea with Omsk, Khabarovsk, Novokuznetsk, Chelyabinsk, Kirov, Kazan, Orenburg and 20 more Russian cities, and the frequency of flights to Moscow (Sheremetyevo) will increase to 4 per day. In 2017, the airline operated flights from Crimea to 25 destinations.

Rossiya Airlines will connect Simferopol with Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Perm, Yekaterinburg and 11 more cities.

"Today we are a regional airport with the largest domestic route network. This year, for the first time in history, we set a record for the number of destinations - there will be 67. Absolutely new carriers come to us and carriers that resume flights after a few years. Already this year all our passengers and partners will be able to get a fundamentally different level of service and comfort thanks to the opening of the new terminal of Simferopol Airport. In this regard, we are pleased to realize that Crimea is still in demand among tourists and the fact that business flows to the peninsula are increasing", Evgeny Plaksin says general manager LLC "International Airport "Simferopol"

Sochi

In the summer flight schedule, Sochi International Airport will serve 62 destinations. More than 40 airlines will carry out transportation. New international destinations include Riga (Latvia) with airBaltic, Astana (Kazakhstan) with SCAT and Dubai (UAE) with flydubai.

Regular and charter flights to Tel Aviv (Israel), Tbilisi (Georgia), Istanbul (Turkey), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Yerevan (Armenia), Minsk (Belarus), Aktau (Kazakhstan) remain in the international program and Tehran (Iran).

The new Russian destinations in the spring-summer season will be: Kaliningrad, where passengers will be delivered by the Nordavia airline, and Yaroslavl, where the flights will be operated by the Saratov Airlines.

Traditionally, the number of flights to Sochi from Moscow and St. Petersburg will increase. Air communication will be established with the cities of Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Belgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kaluga, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Kirov, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Mineralnye Vody, Murmansk, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhnekamsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk , Omsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saratov, Simferopol, Surgut, Tyumen, Tomsk, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk and others.

Strigino

Strigino Airport (part of the Airports of Regions holding) switched to the spring-summer schedule, which will operate from March 25 to October 28. Anapa and Kerkyra - new resort destinations with a direct flight from Nizhny Novgorod will be available to residents and guests of the city.

Flights to Kazan, Kirov, Perm, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Norilsk and other regions opened by Orenburg, NordStar, UVT Aero and RusLine airlines will help save time when traveling around Russia. Azimuth and UTair airlines will open regular flights to Rostov-on-Don and Ufa in the new schedule. Four direct flights to Minsk will be useful not only for those who want to relax in Belarus for a couple of days, but also provide a wide spread across Europe.

Direct flights to popular summer resorts will also be available to Nizhny Novgorod citizens. Charter programs are open to Antalya (Turkey), Thessaloniki, Kerkyra (Corfu Island), Larnaca (Cyprus), Enfidha (Tunisia). In the coming summer, regular flights to Sochi and Simferopol will be operated by at least three airlines - Rossiya, Nordavia and Red Wings. Anapa is a new regular beach destination of the spring-summer 2018 schedule. On Tuesdays, flights will be carried out by Izhavia, on Thursdays - by Nordavia.

Koltsovo

Koltsovo International Airport (part of the Airports of Regions holding) is switching to the spring-summer schedule from March 25. In total, flights are currently scheduled from Yekaterinburg to more than 100 destinations, of which more than 50 are international. Flights on them will be operated by 46 airlines.

A feature of the new schedule was an increase in the intensity of flights to popular destinations. This trend affected both domestic routes and international ones. On domestic lines, there is an increase in the number of flights to the Black Sea resorts. For example, up to five flights a day are scheduled to Sochi, and up to two flights a day to Anapa. There is an increase in the number of flights on regional routes - to Samara, Kazan, Ufa, Novy Urengoy and others.

On international routes in the summer season, Turkey will be in the spotlight. Flights in this direction from Yekaterinburg will be carried out by ten airlines at once on four routes - Antalya, Istanbul, Dalaman and Gazipasa. Up to six flights will depart from Koltsovo to Turkish airports daily. Also noteworthy is the expansion of the geography of flights to Italy to four cities - Rome, Bologna, Catania and Rimini. At the same time, most of the main destinations remained in the list of tourist routes traditional for the summer period. Koltsovo passengers, in addition to Turkey and Italy, will be able to fly directly to Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Spain, the Czech Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, China, Georgia, Armenia, Israel, Thailand and many other countries.

New air carriers appear at Ekaterinburg Airport during summer navigation. From April 28, Air Moldova will start flights from the capital of the Urals to Chisinau, and FlyUnion - to Kurgan-Tyube.