Alí Padrón: Venezuela and Russia plan to extend air connectivity

Venezuela and Russia plan to extend air connectivity, reported the Minister of Tourism, Alí ​​Padrón, inside the framework of the Worldwide Financial Discussion board in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by which participates with different members of the nationwide Government.

“We’re contemplating the event of air connections past Moscow, with the town of Saint Petersburg and Kazan. In truth, International Minister Sergei Lavrov, when he was in Venezuela just lately, met with President Nicolás Maduro, they usually agreed to proceed growing air connectivities between cities,” he mentioned in an interview with Sputnik.

Padrón mentioned that 40 p.c of the vacationers who depart Moscow will not be from this capital, however from different areas, mainly from Saint Petersburg.

Presently, each nations preserve direct flights from Moscow to Porlamar-Margarita (Nueva Esparta-north) and Caracas. Padrón identified that the flights arrive in Venezuela with 100% occupancy of Russian vacationers. “They attain 100% of their capability. It is vitally unusual when it’s not going at 100%, however usually the flights that arrive from Russia to Venezuela arrive absolutely booked,” he indicated.

The Russian airline Nordwind carries out flights each ten days, however it’s anticipated that within the excessive season, in October, it’ll perform two flights per week with 457 passengers, in line with the minister. Venezuela and Russia have had a cooperation settlement on tourism since 2021.

Padrón defined that to draw Russian tourism, Venezuela has adopted the cost system of the Eurasian nation generally known as MIR, in addition to Venezuelan tour operators who grasp the Russian language.

The minister estimates that by the top of 2024, some 80.000 Russian guests can have visited Venezuela.