On September 16, on completion of the Eid al-Fitr celebration, as soon as the banking day was opened in Turkmenistan, Turkmenhowayollary (Turkmenistan Airlines) transferred cash to the accounts of the Russian air navigation service provider, FSUE “State ATM Corporation” for services previously rendered in full. All restrictions on Turkmenistan Airlines’ flights in Russian airspace have…
In H1 2016 financing of labor protection measures of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (SP SPb, part of UCL Holding) amounted to 14.3 million rubles. Major part of the funds SP SPb transferred for reimbursement payments for work, which was considered in accordance with requirements of Labor legislation of RF and provisions of Collective Bargaining…
Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Tallinn; 3. Stockholm; 4.…
UTair Aviation served the millionth Surgut International Airport passenger on September 16 Visiting Surgut on her way home to Ufa, Elvira Zaripova became the millionth passenger at the airport. Representatives of UTair and Surgut International Airport held a ceremony to award the jubilee passenger in the check-in area. The Ufa native was presented with a…
Aeroflot will remain under majority Russian government control until at least 2020, Oksana Tarasenko, the Director of the Corporate Governance Department in Russian Ministry of Economic Development, reported. In February the carrier was touted as a possible candidate for privatization after Moscow announced plans to sell off various state-owned corporations and shareholdings in a bid…
On September 16, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) serviced its first direct regular flight between Vilnius and Lviv. The press service of the airline reported that new flights connecting Lviv and Vilnius would be serviced twice a week using Boeing-737 and Embraer-190 planes with business and economy classes. Until October 12, UIA offers tickets from…
Russia hopes to restore air travel with Egypt by the end of 2016, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, special presidential representative for the Middle East and Africa, reported. “We hope. The sooner the better”, he said, adding that Moscow must be sure that Egypt had done everything to ensure safety of Russian tourists. Moscow suspended…