German air carrier of Lufthansa has opened three direct flights, connecting Frankfurt am Main with Kazan, capital of Tatarstan Republic.

Administration of Perm Territory won approval to open new air service - Perm - Prague. According to the sources, the flight will be carried out by Tatarstan air carrier.

Moscow international airport of Sheremetyevo will reduce amount of flights served from the April, 15 till June, 30.

Tight ice situation in the Gulf of Finland has caused some timetable alterations in ferry transportation Helsinki - St. Petersburg. Particularly, voyages of ferry boat Princess Maria on February, 27 and 28 can be cancelled.

Passengers suffered much during New Year's Eve air transport collapse in Moscow airports, caused by icy rain, have filed a suit against Aeroflot. They are going to make the air carrier to make amends and to get 10 million rubles from it. The people want their losses tied with many-hours-long sitting in the airport to be compensated.

Aeroflot Air company will increase number of every day flights Moscow (Sheremetyevo E) - Athens (Eleftherios Venizelos), Greece this summer. New flight will take place every day except Saturdays.

Regime of the counter-terrorist operation imposed in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria won't influence functioning of ski resorts of Proelbrusye, reports the source with a reference on local administration. However, the tourists begin refusing the skiing tours in Prielbrusye, because holidays in the area of counter-terroristic operation looks dangerous.

Air France increases number of flights to Moscow this spring. One more service, in addition to four existent ones of Air France and four more flights of Aeroflot code share flights. New flight starts on May, 9, with departure from Paris at 7. 15 and flight back from Moscow at 13. 55.

Heavy snowfalls on the February, 15 at all skiing resorts of Krasnaya Polyana caused some troubles functioning of pistes. 60 cm of snow appeared on the mountain slopes during one night. First trainings for Europe Cup on Rosa Khutor pistes were canceled.

If you want to see a Russian winter in a light version, visit Moscow in March. The best prices are offered for this March by Transaero (Russia), Singapore Airlines (Singapore) and United (USA).