MOSCOW, 26 March (BelTA) - The Russian emergency response center to prevent the import and spread of the novel coronavirus infection okayed the resumption of air service between Minsk and Kaliningrad, BelTA has learned.
“A decision was passed to increase the number of regular flights to Cuba as from 1 April (up to seven flights a week on the Moscow-Varadero route) and with Belarus (one flight a week on the Kaliningrad - Minsk route, plus one roundtrip flight per week from other Russian international airports, in furtherance of the government earlier decision)," the emergency response center said.
Russia is also resuming regular international air service with Venezuela (Moscow-Caracas, twice a week); Syria (Moscow-Damascus, once a week); Tajikistan (Moscow-Dushanbe, once a week); Uzbekistan (Moscow-Tashkent, once a week) and Sri Lanka (Moscow-Colombo, once a week) starting 1 April 2021. On agreement with the German aviation authorities, Moscow is also resuming regular service on the following routes: Frankfurt-Moscow, five times a week; St Petersburg-Frankfurt, three times a week; and Moscow-Berlin, five times a week.
The emergency response center also okayed resumption of international flights from Barnaul, Belgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Krasnodar, Lipetsk, Nalchik, Orenburg, Saratov, Sochi, Tyumen and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk starting 1 April 2021, in line with Government Resolution No. 635-r of 16 March 2020,” the statement reads. Russia will also increase the frequency of flights to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Egypt and the UAE; there will be one flight per week from Russian international airports except Moscow and St Petersburg, based on the earlier decisions.
The Russian emergency response center reminds international travelers of the need to present the proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test conducted 72 hours or less to the scheduled departure time and to observe other health safety requirements established in Russia.
