Aeroflot launches inter-regional flights programme with a focus on leisure destinations; adds flight

Aeroflot has launched an extensive programme of regional flights bypassing Moscow to leisure destinations as well as increasing flight frequencies from Moscow to points in the South of Russia.

Aeroflot has launched direct services from 13 Russian cities to Black Sea resorts (Anapa, Sochi, Simferopol) as well as to Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don. The 13 cities include Arkhangelsk, Chelyabinsk, Samara, Kazan, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Ekaterinburg, Tyumen, Ufa, Orenburg, Syktyvkar, Surgut. Tickets are available for purchase.

From 1 June, Aeroflot will open direct flights from Krasnoyarsk to Krasnodar, Simferopol, Sochi and Blagoveshchensk.

Aeroflot has launched direct flights from Saint-Petersburg to Irkutsk. Flights will operate in the summer season from 3 May to 30 October 2021. Flight frequency will go from four weekly to daily flights (starting from 28 May). Sales of tickets have begun. Lake Baikal is located 70 km away from Irkutsk.

With the onset of the summer vacation season, Aeroflot will significantly increase frequency of flights from Moscow to Krasnodar and Black Sea resorts (Anapa, Gelendzhik, Sochi).

From June, Aeroflot will nearly double frequency of flights from Moscow to Crimea. Moscow - Simferopol services will operate almost hourly. Aeroflot's flight programme will be complemented by services operated under code-sharing with subsidiary Rossiya Airlines.

The new flights programme will expand the route network of inter-regional services bypassing Moscow and will promote internal tourism.

Southern Russia is the most popular domestic tourist destination during the summer vacation season.