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Traveling Around Russia by Plane, Airline Companies Contacts, Average Price of a Flight to Russia

contents: average prices - Russian airline companies contacts - ways to save money & discounts - airline tickets agencies.

Breaking News:

Aeroflot Russian Airlines offers cheap fares from 15 until 24 September valid for flights between 24 September and 17 December 2005. You can purchase these tickets through Way to Russia online interface!


Sample Return Fares:

International
Russia, Moscow - >>> - Belgium: Brussels, Scandinavia: Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Germany: Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, Geneva, Zurich, Central Europe: Budapest, Warsaw, Zagreb, Sofia, Turkey: Istambul, Antalia, Bukharest, Sofia, CIS & Baltics: Riga, Baku, Erevan, Tbilisi, Ukraine: Kiev, Simpheropol $99 + taxes
Germany, Belgium, Scandinavia, Central Europe, CIS & Baltics, Turkey - >>> - Russia, Moscow 149 EUR + taxes
Russia, Moscow - >>> - UK, London, Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Italy: Rome, Milano, Venice, Austria: Vienna, Holland: Amsterdam, Greece: Athens, Central Europe: Prague, Belgrade $149 + taxes
UK London - >>> - Russia Moscow £99 + taxes
Russia, Moscow - >>> - India: Dehli, Mumbay, Mongolia: Ulan-Bataar $249 + taxes
India: Dehli, Mumbay - >>> - Russia, Moscow 10900 Rup + taxes
Domestic:
Moscow - >>> - St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Anapa, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Ufa, Sochi, Kaliningrad or vice versa $70 + taxes
Moscow - >>> - Tumen or vice versa $100 + taxes
Moscow - >>> - Astrakhan, Ekaterinburg, Perm or vice versa $135 + taxes
Moscow - >>> - Barnaul, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Nizhnevartovsk or vice versa $150 + taxes
Moscow - >>> - Khabarovsk, Vladivostok or vice versa $350 + taxes
The taxes vary from $50 to $100 for international flights, and from $10 to $40 for domestic flights.

Conditions:
1) The offer is valid on Aeroflot flights only (not valid of code-shared flights)
2) The tariffs above are for return flights only. It's possible to change the origin of a return flight, but only within the same country (e.g. Moscow - Berlin, Munich - Moscow)
3) Sale period: 15 to 24 September 2005
4) The flight should start between 24 September and 17 December 2005 and finish before 20 December 2005.
5) The sale is not valid for Moscow - Europe flights between 29 October and 5 November and for Europe - Moscow flights between 6 November and 13 November.
6) Maximum stay: 1 month, minimum: one Sunday
7) The tickets are issued 24 hours after the booking latest
8) Route change is not permitted, refunds are not issued. It is possible to change the dates for $100 fee.
9) Discounts for children under 2 yo: 90%. There's no discount for children aged 2 to 12.


You can order these tickets online through Way to Russia Airline Tickets.




Average Price of Domestic Flights in Russia

(The airport taxes are not included, but usually are from $0 to $20 for a flight. Prices are usually lower during low season (autumn - winter - spring).
Samples of prices are taken from Services / Airline Tickets)

Moscow - St. Petersburg:
Usually about $65 US one way, including airport taxes. Aeroflot flies from Sheremtyevo 1 airport, Pulkovo flies from Domodedovo airport. All flights arrive in Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg.
Better deals are usually offered by Aeroflot.

Moscow - Novosibirsk:
Usually about $250-$400 US return flight.
Best deals are offered by Sibir, Aeroflot, Transaero.

Moscow - Irkutsk:
Usually about $300-$450 US return flight.
Best deals are offered by Sibir, Aeroflot, Transaero.

Moscow - Vladivostok:
Usually about $500-$650 US return flight
Best deals are offered by Sibir airlines, Aeroflot, DalAvia.

Moscow - Petropavlovsk (Kamchatka:
Usually about $500 US return flight.
Best deals are offered by Transaero and Aeroflot.


Russian Airline Companies:

Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Usually cheapest tickets to/from Russia. Good service (despite what many people think), quite safe (there’s a rumour that many pilots are former military, so if they managed in Afghanistan…), and a wide selection of food (must be prebooked).
Internet: http://www.aeroflot.com (USA), http://www.aeroflot.co.uk (UK), http://www.aeroflot.ru (Russia).
Contacts: +1 (888)686-4949 (Washington, USA), +44 (0) 20 7 355-2233 (London, UK), +7 (095) 753-5555 (24 hours, Moscow, Russia)
Offices: Moscow Russia: Petrovka St., 20/1 (metro Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad) | London UK: 70, Picaddilly St.


Sibir Airlines
Second most important in Russia, after Aeroflot. Based in Novosibirsk. Strives to provide good service for less money than Aeroflot. Has great offers for domestic flights in Russia, as well as some international flights, especially to Germany and Asia (China, Korea, Mongolia).
Internet: http://english.s7.ru/ (Russian, English, German)
Contacts: +7 (095) 777-9999 (Moscow, Russia), +7 (3832) 59-90-90 (24 hours, Novosibirsk, Russia), +44 (0)870 60 80 737 (UK), +86 10 651-207-09 (China)
Offices: Moscow, Russia: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya str., 15 (metro «Belorusskaya»)
Working hours: 10:00 - 20:00, Domodedovo Airport (24h) , Paveletsky Railway Station (10.00-21.00)

Transaero
Not very nice service, however sometimes kicks off very low prices for some international flights (to UK and Germany) and domestic flights (to Kamchatka).
Internet: http://www.transaero.ru/ (Russian only)
Contacts: +7 (095) 241-76-76 (Moscow, Russia)

Pulkovo
St. Petersburg – based airline company. Regular flights between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Sometimes good offers for international flights from St. Petersburg.
Internet: http://eng.pulkovo.ru/


Travel agencies that sell train and airline tickets:

Online airline tickets reservation:
WayToRussia.Net Airline Tickets (http://avia.waytorussia.net/ )

Recommended airline tickets reservation offices in Russia:

Moscow:
Pososhok - Address: Komsomolsky Prospekt, #13 (metro: Park Kultury or Frunzenskaya); Phone: +7 095 234-8000]
Another good agency is EastLine, office at Paveltsky railway station in Moscow, open 24 hours (metro: Paveletskaya) and Domodedovo airport (24 hours). Phone: (+7 095) 795-0077.
St. Petersburg: Infinity - Address: Bolshaya Morskaya St., #39 (hotel Astoria) | Phone: +7 812 313-5085
Irkutsk: Sayany-Trans-Service. Cheapest airline tickets in Irkutsk. The office is located in Intourist hotel (bank of Angara river). Open daily 8.00 to 20.00, sat sun from 9.00 to 19.00. Telephone: (3952) 250-010, 401-578
Student STA travel agency.
Offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Toliatti, Tumen, Ufa, Volgograd.
Moscow phone: +7 095 797-9555, email: tickets@startravel.ru
Internet: http://www.startravel.ru/about/regions.shtml (Russian)


Discount Flights & How to Save Money:

ISIC cards. First, most airlines offer discounts for students or ISIC cardholders. You can get this ISIC card at your local universities or at a STA travel agent.

Student Travel Agencies.
There are also Student Travel Agencies (STA); they sell airlines' tickets to students for reduced prices, and ISIC cards. You can find the nearest to you STA agency and the fares they offer on their website - http://www.statravelgroup.com/.



HOW TO BOOK AN AIR TICKET FROM RUSSIA TO YOUR DESIRED DESTINATION.
If you want to book and buy an airline ticket from Russia to a country abroad, you can contact the airlines directly, but they will not offer the lowest fares possible, so if their proposition is more expensive than the fares stated on this page, try another option: ticket sales agencies.

To book your flight online, please, go to Services / Airline Tickets section - lowest fares are offered!


Other sections of WayToRussia.Net that may interest you:

International air travel
Online airline tickets reservation
Airport transfers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Irkutsk
Getting to / from Moscow (Airports Information)
Getting to / from St. Petersburg

 

 
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