Saint Petersburg International Pulkovo Airport

The LCC is adding flights to St Petersburg as the UAE continues its neutral stance regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Flights to Moscow will resume in October, making the airline the fifth to offer flights between the United Arab Emirates and Russia.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The Czech Republic airline will use a Boeing 737 MAX on the route.

The LCC plans to open domestic and international routes from the new base.

The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

S7 Airlines is launching flights to two new points in the United Arab Emirates, while Russian counterpart Pegas Fly is opening a trio of routes to destinations in Germany.

Smartavia plans to re-enter the market later this month.

Fourteen routes are being launched from the airport, with up to 20 daily departures planned during the peak summer season.

Rostov-on-Don becomes the second new destination to be added to Air Serbia’s network this year.

From March 28, Vilnius flights will be brought into the arrangement.

Four new routes will be launched from the group's delayed Krasnoyarsk hub.

The ULCC has postponed the launch of its first base in Russia, blaming ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions in Europe.

A new player is set to enter the market between Milan and Dakar in October as competition between the two cities begins to heat up.

Wizz Air has bolstered its presence in Bulgaria and confirmed the restart of routes between the UK and Russia.

Hungarian carrier Wizz Air is already planning to expand its first Russian base before it even opens.

Wizz Air has revealed plans to station three Airbus A320s at Dortmund Airport (DTM) in Germany–its third new base announcement in three days.

Wizz Air’s expansion shows no signs of slowing, with the carrier set to exploit St. Petersburg’s seventh freedom rights and open its first base in Russia.

Russia’s S7 Airlines has unveiled bullish plans to resume fights across its entire domestic network in June, as well as launching five new routes in the coming weeks.

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Wizz Air is expanding its presence at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, just three weeks after Russia’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) awarded seventh freedom rights to foreign airlines from 30 countries on services to the city.

This week: Air Astana’s new low-fare unit FlyArystan set to expand its network; Lucky Air to serve second point in Russia; and Air Italy to resume service to the Maldives.