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Air traffic between Russia and Germany, sharply reduced due to the coronavirus pandemic, is beginning to recover quickly as the borders gradually open. At the same time, not only is the number of flights on traditional routes from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Frankfurt am Main and Berlin increasing, but a number of new destinations are also emerging.

The most recent example: on May 6, S7 Airlines (Siberia) began operating direct flights from Moscow-Domodedovo to Cologne / Bonn airport. So now this direction is served by two Russian airlines once a week: Pobeda flies here from Moscow-Vnukovo. And three days earlier, S7 started weekly flights on the Moscow – Hanover route.

The number of direct flights from Germany to Russian regions is growing

In a month, on June 5 and 6, the Siberian air carrier intends to open the routes Novosibirsk – Frankfurt am Main and Novosibirsk – Dusseldorf. And on June 3, Pobeda will resume flights from Moscow to the resort town of Baden-Baden for the summer season.

The German airline Lufthansa Group also aims to expand the geography of flights between Germany and Russia. It commissioned one of its subsidiaries, the low-cost airline Eurowings, to service routes to Russian regions. “Eurowings will offer regular flights from Dusseldorf to Krasnodar and Yekaterinburg for the first time,” the press service of the Lufthansa group emphasized in a written response to >.

Dusseldorf Airport, spring 2021. Air passengers queuing up to take a coronavirus test

Flights to the capital of the Krasnodar Territory will begin on July 2 and will be operated twice a week – on Mondays and Fridays. The German airline will fly to the capital of the Urals once a week on Saturdays.

So the role of Dusseldorf Airport in air traffic between Germany and Russia and its regions will increase significantly in the coming months. After all, already now from the capital of the most populous federal state of Germany, North Rhine – Westphalia, the Russian airline Aeroflot operates four flights a week to Moscow-Sheremetyevo (before the pandemic there were three flights a day), and its subsidiary company Rossiya – one flight a week to St. Petersburg. In summer, S7 will also fly from here to Novosibirsk and Eurowings to Krasnodar and Yekaterinburg.

From June, Lufthansa and its daughters will fly more frequently to Moscow and St. Petersburg

As for Lufthansa itself, it concentrates on flights from its base airport Frankfurt am Main to Moscow-Domodedovo and St. Petersburg. During May, the German air carrier will fly to the Russian capital 7 times a week and 4 times a week to the city on the Neva.

But already from June, when the epidemiological situation is expected to improve (although, of course, it will still require special care during air travel), Lufthansa plans to increase the number of flights to Moscow to 10 per week, and to St. Petersburg to 6 a week, the group’s press service said.

Lufthansa aircraft maintenance at Moscow Domodedovo airport

Lufthansa aircraft maintenance at Moscow Domodedovo airport

She also noted that currently the Swiss airline Swiss flies to Moscow-Domodedovo four times a week and once a week to St. Petersburg, and Austrian Airlines operates a route from Vienna to Moscow-Domodedovo five times a week. In addition, from June 14, the Belgian company Brussels Airlines will begin delivering air passengers from Brussels to Moscow-Sheremetyevo and St. Petersburg three times a week. All three air carriers are subsidiaries of Lufthansa.

“The Lufthansa Group has reliably and seamlessly connects Russia with Europe and the world for over 50 years. Russian destinations will continue to be an important part of our worldwide route network,” assured > Dirk Grossmann, Lufthansa Group’s Sales Director for Russia.

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