The Finnish carrier says it is responding to rising demand on both its Moscow and St Petersburg routes.

After an emergency landing, passengers and crew were marooned in Irkutsk for three days with no passports, no luggage.

The Russian flag carrier orders 100 Sukhoi Superjets – a deal that could boost regional routes in Russia.

Tourism generates $4 billion a day, with Spain and Japan doing well and Russia re-entering the top ten of world spenders.

State-owned Rossiya hires foreign pilots for the first time in its history

The two routes include the first low-cost flights from Russia to the Nordics and a red-eye from Sweden.

The international team investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines aircraft over Ukraine accuses Russia of responsibility.

“What can you do if no Serbs and no Swedes have ever been to your venue and left a review?”

The Russian Ministry of Transport has denied reports it tried to block use of Russian airspace for flights to Asia.

Russia’s beach resort of Sochi on the Black Sea coast is one of the host cities of the World Cup.

The German giant is expecting a surge in demand for the upcoming football tournament in Russia.

The Russian airline allegedly threatened Asian-American passengers with deportation.

The grounding comes just over a month after the crash of Saratov Airlines Flight 703 near Moscow.

Helsinki Airport’s future travel centre will be a “large entity” matching different modes of transport.

The second flight recorder from the Antonov An-148 aircraft has been found.

A revival in tourism is taking place as Russians return to Turkish beaches and German bookings are up 70%.

Estonia's Lux Express sees a big growth in passengers and buys more buses.

Direct flights will make the journey time much shorter than flying via Moscow.

Morskoy Fasad, St. Petersburg’s cruise ship port, says it will open a Baltic Sea cruise line in 2019

The result reflects Russia’s resurgence in the world of travel and tourism.