The number of direct passenger flights between Russia and Iran will increase substantially in the near future.





The Ministry of�Transport of�the Russian Federation has provided the airline Siberia (S7 Airlines is part of�the group) and Ural Airlines with�approval to�perform regular flights to�Iran.
It is noteworthy that before�this initiative, the desire to�organize direct flights to�Iran was brought forward by�some other Russian air carriers, such as�Grozny-Avia, North Wind, VIM-Avia and Icarus, but�their requests for�direct flight to�Iran had been denied.


Two Russia�s leading passenger carriers S7 Airlines and Ural Airlines managed to�get approval from�the Russian aviation authorities after�February, when Moscow and Tehran signed a memorandum on�increasing the number of�flights to�28 per week.


Today this agreement has been transferred to�a practical level. The number of�direct flights and the route they will take was discussed by�a spokesperson for�the airline Siberia (S7 Airlines), Anna Bazhina, in�an interview with�Sputnik.
�Indeed, we have been assigned to�4 routes, Moscow�� Tehran, Moscow�� Isfahan, Moscow�� Mashhad, St. Petersburg�� Tehran. S7 Airline chose this particular route as�it sees a potential in�this. The frequency of�flights and opening dates are unknown so far, as�we have just received the information and our colleagues are at�a preparatory stage,� Bazhina said.


�All the S7 flights are carried out�on modern aircraft by�the world's leading manufacturers�� Airbus and Boeing. Which of�these two models of�aircraft are going to�be used for�flights to�Iran has not been determined yet,� Bazhina said.

Currently, Russian airline Aeroflot flies to�Tehran four times a week, while Iran Air flies only once a week. According to�the summer schedule of�2016 a charter Iranian airline, Mahan Air, is set to�start flights to�Sochi.
By Sputnik