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1. New flights from Kyrgyzstan to Surgut and Irkutsk

   Aero Nomad Airlines  will start operating new flights from June:

    

   - KA 547/548 Osh - Surgut - Osh on fifth weekdays from 23 June 2023.

    

   - КА 567/568 Osh - Irkutsk - Osh on the first days of the week from June 26, 2023г.

    

   To date, Aero Nomad Airlines operates scheduled and charter flights from the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic to domestic and international destinations: Osh, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Delhi, Islamabad, Lahore and Antalya.

2. Azur Air launches direct flights from Ufa to Red Sea resorts

   Azur Air launches direct flights from Ufa to the Red Sea resorts of Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh.

    

   Azur Air has opened a flight programme to Sharm el-Sheikh since 19 May, and the first flight to Hurghada will depart on 27 May. The flights are scheduled to take off once every ten days, with a travel time of 6 hours.

    

   Tickets for the charter flights are already on sale as part of the tour package from major tour operators.

    

   Apart from these flights, the AlMasria Universal Airlines airline will take Ufa tourists to Egypt this summer.

3. Utair opens new directions to Uzbekistan from Samara

   In June, Utair Airlines will launch flights from Samara to Bukhara and Fergana. Flights to each direction are scheduled once a week.

    

   According to the schedule, flights to Bukhara will be operated from June 3 on Saturdays. To Ferghana the planes will fly on Wednesdays from June 7.

    

   "In the fall and winter season we started to perform flights from Samara to Samarkand. In summer we continue to expand the program of flights to Uzbekistan from the Volga region and launch flights to Bukhara and Fergana. For the comfort of our passengers flights from Samara are scheduled for convenient daytime hours," - commented Oleg Semenov, president of Utair - Passenger Airlines.

    

   Now Utair airline flies to the following cities of Uzbekistan:

    

   to Bukhara - from Moscow and Samara,

   Samarkand - from Moscow, Samara and St. Petersburg,

   to Tashkent - from Moscow, Surgut, Tyumen and Ufa,

   to Fergana - from Moscow, Samara and Surgut.
   
   

   The airline plays a key role in providing passenger and cargo transportation in Russia's regions. The route network of Utair has more than 120 destinations. The main task is to connect the Volga region, Siberia, Central Russia and the South of the country by direct flights. Abroad, from the regions and the capital, Utair flies to cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the UAE, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

4. Ural Airlines resumes flights from Ufa to Khujand

   From May 8, 2023, Ural Airlines resumed its program of flights from Ufa to Khujand. The flights are operated with a frequency of once a week, on Mondays, on Airbus A320s.

    

   Tickets can be purchased on the websites of the airlines or through the Ufa Airport Ticket Office.

5. Red Wings opened direct flights from Moscow to Baku

   Red Wings Airlines opened a new flight between Moscow and Baku. The flights are operated from Zhukovsky International Airport.

    

   "For Red Wings Airlines the first flight on the Moscow-Baku route is an important step in developing the route network and expanding the geography of the airline's presence in the international airline market. We strive to provide our passengers with the high level of safety and comfort during the flight and hope that the new route will contribute to the development of tourism and business between the two countries," - said General Director of Red Wings, Evgeny Solodilin.

    

   Moscow-Baku flights started from Zhukovsky airport on May 4 and will be operated on Thursdays and Sundays, Baku-Moscow flights from May 5 on Mondays and Fridays. Duration of the flight will be 3 hours and 30 minutes. The flights will be operated on SSJ 100 aircraft.

    

    

6. Arktika Airlines is a new user of Leonardo PSS

   Sirena announces that ARKTIKA Airlines has started using the Leonardo PSS passenger service system for further development and resource management.

    

   The Leonardo PSS passenger service system developed by Sirena has a wide range of functionality for implementing the main task - increasing the airline's profitability and reducing the cost of resource management.

    

   All the work on the implementation of Leonardo into the ARCTICA IT system was done without interrupting the operation of the airline.

    

   According to Sirena estimates, the Leonardo system operation will help ARKTIKA Airlines to reach a new level of business processes digitalization and successfully meet the modern realities.

    

   To date, more than 60 airlines worldwide are users of the Leonardo PSS system.

    

   Sirena is a leading domestic supplier of information technology for the transport industry and a leader in the distribution of airline services. The company develops solutions and products for automation of business processes of airlines, airports and sales agencies. Sirena's range of solutions includes booking and sale of air transport via the Internet, services for obtaining statistics, sub-agency network management, and sale of non-aviation services. "Sirena is a strategic partner of IATA. Learn more at sirena-travel.ru.

   ARKTIKA airline was registered on September 25, 2020. The main purpose is to perform charter transportation in hard-to-reach areas of the Russian Federation.

    

    

7. The annual Sirena Connect international conference was held for the 16th time

   Sirena held the XVI annual international conference for agents Sirena Connect "Technologies and services in the market of travel sales".  

   This year the conference was held on March 28-31 in Istanbul, Turkey and brought together over 100 airline representatives and agency managers. 

   The official partners of the conference were TCH (Transport Clearing House) and Nemo.Travel.

    

   In her opening speech to participants, Marina Volodina, Deputy General Director for Commercial Activity, Commercial Director of Sirena, noted: "Today, more than ever, increasing the level of technological security, including information security, is a paramount task, especially for Civil Aviation. In the face of ongoing sanctions pressure on Russia's aviation industry and the disconnection of domestic airlines from inventory and distribution systems by foreign providers, Russian carriers, including the national carrier, have successfully migrated and incorporated domestic digital products into their operations in 2022. At the same time, migration to domestic software took place in an unprecedentedly short period of time and in the complete absence of support from Western providers.

    

   As a result of the transition, information security and protection of passenger and crew personal data and the independence of passenger operations from foreign systems, possible failures and outages were ensured. The Russian airline industry has shown resilience - not what the sanctions were intended to do."

    

   During the business part of the programme new algorithms from new airlines and their impact on agency sales were presented to the participants. 
   
   

   TCH's Commercial Director Tatyana Merkulova discussed with the participants the trends and tendencies on the passenger travel market in the Russian Federation in spring 2023.

   Vladimir Kalyapin, Director of IT Services Project Implementation at Sirena Travel, talked to Sirena Connect participants about content and distribution of railway transportation in the period of sanctions pressure.

   
   Innokenty Baskakov, Deputy Director of Product Developmentof Sirena, spoke online about new opportunities for all participants of the air travel industry - about MixVel platform, which provides content distribution in accordance with new technologies and standards. The ability of travel platform MixVel to form a multibasket, and provide travelers not only with "mixed" airline content, but also with content from different carriers: air, rail, and bus became a real discovery for travel industry professionals.

   
   An important part of the programme were face-to-face meetings between the participants, colleagues were able to discuss pressing issues and details of further cooperation with Sirena.
   
   Excursion trips to Topkapı Palace, Cisterns Şerifiye and a visit to Hagia Sophia Cathedral were a pleasant addition to the business programme.

    

   The participants noted the content of the business programme of Sirena Connect conference, its practical utility for the organisation of business processes and distribution system in the tourism industry in the context of market adaptation to the ongoing sanctions pressure. In their opinion, the Sirena Connect conference has long been a serious discussion platform for dialogue for all professionals of the aviation and travel industries.

8. Sirena held an agent workshop in Nizhny Novgorod

   Sirena held an agency seminar in Nizhny Novgorod on 29 March. Representatives of Aeroflot Airlines and our regular partner, TCH(Transport Clearing House), took part in the event  with us.

   The seminar was attended by more than 30 agents from travel agencies in Nizhny Novgorod.

   The seminar discussed pressing issues of airline branded fares and interaction between airlines and travel agents, as well as trends and tendencies in the Russian passenger market. In practice, participants considered a number of topical issues and talked about efficient route selection. 

   Aeroflot's speaker spoke to the audience about the airline's new regional flight programmes to China, Thailand and Istanbul, as well as about the Russian domestic flight programmes from the hubs during the summer season. He spoke about new destinations from Sheremetyevo and the aircraft fleet on these routes. He discussed service classes and new fare products, as well as multimodal transportation and corporate programs for clients.

   At the end of the event, a representative of Aeroflot raffled off a flight certificate among the participants. 

   All the listeners noted the speakers' great practical experience, excellent presentation of the materials and their content, as well as their practical relevance for professional growth and development.

    

    

9. Utair increases the number of flights from Moscow to Tyumen

   Since March the airline Utair daily carries on 2 flights per day from Moscow (airport "Vnukovo") in Tyumen.

    

   "In spring and summer season we continue to open additional flights from Moscow Vnukovo airport. We have recently added new frequencies from Moscow to Sochi, Surgut and Mineralnye Vody to the schedule; we have started flights to Nizhnevartovsk, and now we are increasing daily flights between the capital and Tyumen", said Oleg Semyonov, the president of Utair - Passenger Airlines.

    

   Utair performs flights from Tyumen in Russia to Barnaul, Beloyarsk, Berezovo, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Igrim, Irkutsk, Kazan, Krasnoselkup, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Novokuznetsk, Novy Urengoy, Nyagan, Omsk, Perm, Sochi, Surgut, Uray, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk and Chelyabinsk. Overseas, Utair flights from Tyumen to Almaty, Astana, Baku, Bodrum, Yerevan and Tashkent.

    

   The airline plays a key role in providing passenger and cargo services in Russia's regions. The route network of Utair includes more than 120 destinations. The main task is to connect the Volga region, Siberia, Central Russia and the South of the country by direct flights. Abroad, from the regions and the capital, Utair flies to cities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the UAE, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.

    

    

10. IrAero will start flying from Krasnoyarsk to Baku in April

    On April 2, IrAero Airlines will launch flights from Krasnoyarsk to Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

     

    The flights will be operated on Sundays. The travel time will be 4 hours and 50 minutes. The flights will be operated by Superjet 100.

     

    The IrAero Airline is the Russian airline based in Irkutsk. The fleet of the airline includes seven Superjet 100s, one A319-100, also An-24, An-26, An-26-100 and one Bombardier CRJ-200. The airline flies to more than 70 cities in Russia and neighboring countries.