OREANDA-NEWS. In the summer season 2017, RusLine Ailrines will commence scheduled flights out of Pulkovo Airport to three new European destinations: Bergen (Norway), Palanga (Lithuania), and Tallinn (Estonia). The carrier also plans to expand its route network of domestic flights from St. Petersburg.

From the 22nd of May, RusLine’s aircraft will depart from Pulkovo to Tallinn twice a day, every day, except for Saturdays (when there will be one flight a day). Connections to Bergen will be in operation twice a week from the 1st of June: on Thursdays and Sundays. From the 10th of June, flights for the resort town of Palanga will depart every Saturday.

Moreover, RusLine will continue its scheduled flights leaving five times a week from St. Petersburg to Oslo, and will resume flights to Vilnius. From the 29th of May to the 13th of July, and from the 18th of August, connections to the Lithuanian capital will depart five times a week. Between the 14th of July and the 17th of August, Vilnius Airport will be closed for reconstruction of the runway and aircraft will be temporarily redirected to Kaunas.

In this summer season, domestic flights of RusLine will go from Pulkovo in 11 Russian directions: Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Ivanovo, Kirov, Kursk, Lipetsk, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, and to a new route for airline from St. Petersburg - Nizhny Novgorod.

Evgeniy Ilyin, Chief Commercial Officer of Pulkovo Airport’s managing company Northern Capital Gateway remarked: “RusLine is one of the fastest growing regional carriers and is a participant in Pulkovo Airport’s M2 transfer programme. Its extensive route network, which takes in 17 domestic and international destinations from Pulkovo, allows RusLine’s passengers to travel in comfort around Russia, and opens up for those living in various parts of the country the opportunity to fly to the cities of the Baltic States and Norway with a convenient connection in St. Petersburg.”