This year Saint Petersburg was ranked 20th on the list of the most desirable tourist destinations announced by one of the most visited tourist sites in the world TripAdvisor and became the first city of Russia to make it into this ranking. "Vilnius Airport is delighted to resume the flights to the second largest city of Russia: this route will first and foremost meet a large proportion of demand for tourist routes, in particular the segment of time-saving passengers wishing for more travel comfort. We are hoping for the growing passenger traffic in both directions by attracting more arriving passengers from the Russian market, which is highly attractive in terms of aviation and tourism, to Lithuania, which would make a positive impact on the economy of Vilnius city and region," VIA Managing Director Gediminas Almantas says.
It is planned that the plane will take off from Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport on Mondays and Fridays at 9.50 and will land in Vilnius at 10.20. The aircraft will depart from Vilnius at 11.35 (the flight time is given at the local time of Vilnius and Saint Petersburg respectively). A 1.5-hour flight ticket will cost almost as much as a train ticket when travelling in a compartment.
Polet Airlines is one of the first private-capital airlines in the Russian Federation. Established in 1988 in Voronezh as an air freight carrier, Polet Airlines has been rapidly expanding the activities of passenger aviation over the ten recent years. Currently, Polet Airlines offers flights on 13 routes – of them three to European cities: Prague, Munich and Vilnius. The airline also operates flights to Yerevan (from Voronezh-Chertovitskoye Airport); it offers flights between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Belgorod, Yekaterinburg, Arkhangelsk as well.
Saint Petersburg will become the 44th airport accessible from Vilnius by regular direct flights from November 2013.
