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Sep 18, 2018 (newstodate): In 2018, the first scheduled flight by a Russian carrier to Iceland was performed by the Russian airline S7 Airlines.
The carrier launched operations on the route between Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Keflavik Airport with one weekly rotation starting from June 9, 2018, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
As the summer program now is closing, S7 airlines has aired intentions of returning again from summer 2019, going up to two weekly rotations reflecting the positive response in both the Icelandic and the Russian market to the new service.
The flight services by S7 Airlines are actually Iceland's only direct non-stop venue to Russia after Icelandair ceased serving its route to St Petersburg in 2014.
Icelandair launched flights to St Petersburg, its first Russian destination, from the 2013 summer schedule, with two weekly flights from Keflavik during the season.
Later, Icelandair and Aeroflot signed a code-share agreement taking effect from March 30, 2014, under which the two airlines added their codes to flights between Iceland and Russia via third-countries - but Icelandair decided not to return seasonal services to St Petersburg from summer 2015, citing low demand in the market.
The carrier launched operations on the route between Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Keflavik Airport with one weekly rotation starting from June 9, 2018, with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
As the summer program now is closing, S7 airlines has aired intentions of returning again from summer 2019, going up to two weekly rotations reflecting the positive response in both the Icelandic and the Russian market to the new service.
The flight services by S7 Airlines are actually Iceland's only direct non-stop venue to Russia after Icelandair ceased serving its route to St Petersburg in 2014.
Icelandair launched flights to St Petersburg, its first Russian destination, from the 2013 summer schedule, with two weekly flights from Keflavik during the season.
Later, Icelandair and Aeroflot signed a code-share agreement taking effect from March 30, 2014, under which the two airlines added their codes to flights between Iceland and Russia via third-countries - but Icelandair decided not to return seasonal services to St Petersburg from summer 2015, citing low demand in the market.