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Mar 04, 2016 (newstodate): While many Western airlines have pulled out from, or reduced services to Russia, one Gulf carrier is stepping up traffic to fill the void.
Emirates is thus exploiting its code-share agreement with S7 Airlines to firm up its foothold in Russia and promoting Dubai as an increasingly attractive alternative to Egypt, earlier a preferred tourism market for Russia.
Through the S7 code-share, Emirates has access to 30 destinations in Russia, including Anapa, Astrakhan, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, St Petersburg, and Sochi.
Emirates is also benefiting from the free-falling Russian Ruble which makes it cheap for foreign tourist groups to visit leisure destinations and cities in Russia.
On November 1, 2011, Emirates started flights from Dubai to its second destination in Russia - St Petersburg, following on flights to Moscow Domodedovo since 2003.
Emirates is thus exploiting its code-share agreement with S7 Airlines to firm up its foothold in Russia and promoting Dubai as an increasingly attractive alternative to Egypt, earlier a preferred tourism market for Russia.
Through the S7 code-share, Emirates has access to 30 destinations in Russia, including Anapa, Astrakhan, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, St Petersburg, and Sochi.
Emirates is also benefiting from the free-falling Russian Ruble which makes it cheap for foreign tourist groups to visit leisure destinations and cities in Russia.
On November 1, 2011, Emirates started flights from Dubai to its second destination in Russia - St Petersburg, following on flights to Moscow Domodedovo since 2003.