Rossiya Airlines to launch Zagreb and Ljubljana service


The Aeroflot-owned Rossiya Airlines will commence flights from St Petersburg to both Zagreb and Ljubljana next month. The airline has scheduled a one weekly service from Russia’s second largest city to both the Croatian and Slovenian capitals, with tickets now available for purchase via Aeroflot's website. The Russian carrier intends on maintaining flights to Zagreb each Friday starting January 21, while operations to Ljubljana are due to be inaugurated the following day, on Saturday January 22. Changes remain possible, however, the carrier recently applied and received permits from the Russian aviation authority to introduce services to both cities.

Based on its current schedule, flights to Zagreb will be maintained with the 168-seat Airbus A320 aircraft, featuring twelve seats in business class and the remaining 156 in the economy cabin. On the other hand, operations to the Slovenian capital will be operated by the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, boasting 87 seats, of which twelve are in the business class cabin. As a result, both cities are set to see their only scheduled nonstop service to St Petersburg. During the pre-pandemic 2019, 3.983 passengers flew indirectly on a single itinerary between Russia’s second largest city and Zagreb based on OAG data. This is in addition to those flying nonstop on Croatia Airlines' seasonal service between the two which has since been terminated. Similarly, 3.428 travellers flew indirectly between St Petersburg and Ljubljana.

There has been increased demand for services between Russia and Zagreb in recent months due to the availability of coronavirus vaccines for foreigners in Croatia. Russian citizens, who can only be vaccinated against Covid-19 with Russian-manufactured vaccines in their home country, are increasingly seeking different types of jabs in order to be able to travel throughout Europe and the United States, which, for the most part, do not recognise the Russian Sputnik vaccine. Last week, Russia’s S7 Airlines scheduled one weekly operations between Moscow and Zareb starting next month. On the other hand, Slovenia recently resumed issuing tourist visas to Russian nationals for the first time in almost two years, resulting in increased demand as Slovenia is one of just a handful of European Union member states to recognise the Sputnik vaccine.

Further flight details for the planned St Petersburg - Zagreb service can be viewed here, while additional information for the planned St Petersburg - Ljubljana flights can be found here.



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  1. Anonymous09:02

    Very nice addition!

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  2. Anonymous09:03

    That Zagreb schedule is a bit horrible.

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    1. Anonymous09:05

      Hmm yes the red eye flight and arrival at 4 in the morning isn't the most pleasant of experiences.

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    2. Anonymous09:14

      True. Ljubljana schedule is quite good though.

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  3. Anonymous09:04

    Pity it's just once per week. But hopefully these new routes work and they stick around.

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  4. Anonymous09:05

    So demand from LED to ZAG and LJU seems to be equal.

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    1. Anonymous14:11

      Yes but there were also people flying nonstop on OU's ZAG-LED flight.

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  5. Anonymous09:07

    Wonder what the fares will be like

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    1. Anonymous09:47

      Knowing Russian airlines, probably not cheap.

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    2. Anonymous09:49

      It's a full fare airline?

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    3. Anonymous09:53

      Obviously if they have business class

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  6. Anonymous09:07

    Anyone flown with them? I'm really interested to know what their service is like and do what their cabins look like

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    1. Anonymous09:07

      Also, do they have a dedicated business class cabin?

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    2. Anonymous09:12

      It all depends which plane you get. They have blue leather seats and they do have a proper business class.

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    3. Anonymous09:14

      Interesting. I can't find too many pics online.

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    4. Anonymous09:21

      Yes even Sukhoi has proper business class. 2x2 seating compared to 3x2 in economy.

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    5. Anonymous09:39

      Most Russian airlines have a good and competitive on board product which puts most European airline to shame.

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  7. Anonymous09:08

    Let's hope these actually materialize. When it comes to Russian airlines you are never sure.

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    1. Anonymous09:17

      When it comes to any airline at the moment, new routes are all unsure.

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  8. Anonymous09:08

    Bravo Hrvatska!

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  9. Anonymous09:08

    Interesting that their A320 and SSJ have the same number of seats in business class, 12.

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    1. Anonymous09:22

      I guess because they use them a lot on domestic routes inside Russia where there is a lot of demand for business class.

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  10. Anonymous09:08

    That was unexpected.

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  11. Anonymous09:10

    They better start selling those tickets ASAP if they want to have decent loads.

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    1. Anonymous09:48

      They are probably already selling and working with Russian tour operators.

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    2. Anonymous09:56

      Same was said about Azur

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    3. Anonymous10:05

      Well same was said about Nordwind too and they are still flying to Zagreb.

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  12. Anonymous09:13

    They are the world's largest Sukhoi operator!

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    1. Anonymous09:15

      Because the Russian government has forced on them to become essentially an SSJ operator.

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    2. Anonymous09:50

      They have a nice collection of other planes including B747 and B777 :)

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    3. Anonymous09:50

      btw they have 65 Sukois in service and another 33 on order.

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    4. Anonymous09:56

      They are the largest Sukhoi operator because Aeroflot is transferring all its SSJs to them.

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  13. Anonymous09:14

    About time there flights from St Petersburg to Zagreb and Ljubljana.

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    1. Anonymous09:24

      for that we will have to wait a bit, I have a feeling that much longer than till 22 of January...

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  14. Anonymous09:15

    Really good to see more and more new routes being announced across the region.

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    1. Anonymous09:36

      Seems like airlines are optimistic about next year and that this might be the last Covid wave.

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    2. Anonymous09:40

      Keep them coming!

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  15. Anonymous09:16

    Ah nice to see the Sukhoi back in Ljubljana :)

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    1. Anonymous11:20

      What equipment does Aeroflot use to Ljubljana now?

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    2. In addition, 9 additional flights are planned until and including 15 January (a total of 10 on Christmas Day), most of them with Airbus A321, two on 29 December 2021 and 2 January 2022 will even be operated with a wide-body Airbus A330. In total, according to the estimate, the carrier is expected to offer between 4,000 and 4,500 additional seats on additional scheduled flights and with the introduction of larger return flights in the next three weeks.
      Source:https://sierra5.net/

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  16. Anonymous09:18

    So there will be 4 different Russian airlines flying to Zagreb!

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    1. Anonymous09:18

      Aeroflot, Rossiya, Nordwind and S7 Airlines.

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    2. Anonymous09:19

      Yet Croatia Airlines hasn't given the Russian market any consideration. Not even when half of its European markets are closed or in lockdown.

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    3. Anonymous09:20

      It is the great BCG strategy of doing nothing.

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    4. Anonymous09:24

      Impressive. Unfortunately I don't think all of them will stay around once Sputnik is accepted by WHO.

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    5. Anonymous09:25

      ^ That won't happen any time soon by the looks of it.

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    6. Anonymous09:27

      @9.19 expecting Croatia Airlines to react to any market conditions is to be expected. They only react when they have to cut flights or decrease frequencies.

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    7. Anonymous09:28

      Plus Azur Air will have a couple of charters to Zagreb in the next week.

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  17. Anonymous09:23

    Good luck with the new routes. Really hope they work.

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    1. Anonymous09:28

      I also hope they work but most importantly I hope they are kept after the vaccine craze.

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  18. Anonymous09:24

    Is it easy for Russians to get visa to visit Slovenia?

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  19. Anonymous09:26

    I like their crew uniforms :) look very stylish

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    1. Anonymous09:32

      Indeed
      https://cdni.rbth.com/rbthmedia/images/2019.08/original/5d63c8c885600a279931c478.jpg

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    2. Anonymous09:41

      Looks similar to Aeroflot.

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    3. Anonymous09:48

      That livery on the other hand...

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    4. Anonymous09:52

      Looks fine to me

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  20. Anonymous09:28

    Some positive news when most airlines are cutting flights.

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    1. Anonymous11:20

      Russian airlines in general seem to be booming.

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  21. Anonymous09:30

    Would be nicer if the flights were operated by Aeroflot mainline.

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    1. Anonymous09:32

      What difference does it make, honestly?

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  22. Anonymous09:32

    What's with Russian airlines and one weekly flight frequencies?

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    1. Anonymous11:23

      It's Russia's anti Covid policy. They are limiting flights to all countries.

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  23. Anonymous09:35

    I'm surprised Nordiwnd wasn't the one to start these flights.

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    1. Anonymous09:37

      I believe Nordwind's strategy of opening random routes has kind of had an impact now. They have recently reduced and discontinued a lot of routes. Although none in the region are impacted.

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    2. Anonymous09:56

      I'm happy it's a different airline.

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    3. JATBEGMEL12:34

      @09,37

      Not too sure how far back you consider as recent, but they have canceled ROV-BEG.

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    4. Anonymous12:37

      They have also cancelled their Skopje flights.

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  24. Anonymous09:39

    Let's see if these ever launch and if how long they last.

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  25. Anonymous09:39

    Makes sense

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  26. Anonymous09:42

    Good to see both ZAG and LJU included.

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  27. Anonymous09:44

    Rossiya operated a couple of charters to Zagreb during the world cup in 2018. With the B777 :D

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    1. Anonymous09:45

      They have also sent the B747 to Dubrovnik as well.

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  28. Anonymous09:49

    They have over 120 planes! :O

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    1. Anonymous10:16

      They are the largest airline at LED.

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  29. Anonymous09:57

    Seems like Russian airlines have discovered Zagreb.

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  30. Anonymous10:06

    Love it!

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  31. Anonymous10:37

    LJU is on its way to recovery

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    1. Anonymous10:38

      A very slow one but at least something.

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    2. Anonymous10:39

      Are you serious? With that one flight per week?

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    3. Anonymous11:06

      I'm speaking in general with all the announced flights for next few months. And in the era of covid with so few frequencies in general even a one weekly flight counts.

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    4. Anonymous11:18

      Of course it counts, but thats far away from recovery.

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  32. Anonymous10:43

    Them Russian airlines beginning flights to the Balkans on Fridays is obviously becoming something new. For instance Ural launching ZIA-SOF next week. We also witnessed Nordwind from LED-SKP. I think it's got to do with the Russian government by trying to promote the Balkans and connecting them with Russia.

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  33. Anonymous11:07

    This is good news. Ljubljana needs all the airlines it can get!

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  34. Anonymous11:08

    Does Rossiya allow for connections via St Petersburg?

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  35. Anonymous11:18

    This would be great

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  36. Anonymous11:21

    There is strong demands at the moment. Aeroglot is sending A330 to ZAG and LJU during the holidays.

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    1. Wow? Really? What days the A330 will be in LJU?

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    2. Anonymous16:19

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/12/aeroflot-to-deploy-wide-body-jet-to.html

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  37. Anonymous11:24

    one more addition for winter 2021-2022 :) nice

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  38. Anonymous11:35

    Samara, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar or Sochi would be nice additions.

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    1. Anonymous13:04

      How about Moscow-Maribor?

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    2. Anonymous13:19

      Let's first get these St Petersburg flights going.

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  39. Anonymous13:19

    The list of airline serving Ljubljana is actually becoming quite good

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    1. Anonymous13:42

      +1

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    2. Anonymous14:05

      at least what new CEO is saying is true ... lets see what else they bring for SS22.

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  40. Anonymous13:42

    I wish them success

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  41. @ex-yu aviation
    The article says : "as a result, both cities are set to see their first scheduled nonstop service to St. Petersbug". This is not true. Both cities had scheduled nonstop flights to St. Petersbug. Croatia operated twice weekly A319 only few years ago from ZAG. And some thirty, fourty ears ago, JAT operated seasonal one weekly from LJU using leased Aviogenex TU134

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  42. Anonymous14:04

    Price from Ljubljana to St Petersburg is 260€ return (you can buy them on Aeroflot website not on Rossiya). Same days Lufthansa is 150€ . travel time is 3 hours vs. Lufthansa 5h 20m.

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    1. Anonymous14:12

      Well roughly 100 euros might be more worth it for nonstop flight. Does it include baggage on both?

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    2. Anonymous14:23

      only hand luggage for both flights.

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  43. Anonymous14:22

    Fantastic! And tickets are now on sale

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  44. notLufthansa15:36

    This is just fantastic news.

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  45. Anonymous16:00

    At least Slovenia accepts the Sputnik vaccine.
    That most european countries boycott the vaccine because it is from Russia only proofs that politics is not at all interested in the wellbeing of the people, just in their dirty shemes.

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    1. Yeah, and Slovenia is a proof how the pandemic should be handled. Right?

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    2. Anonymous16:15

      At least they dont boycott vaccines!


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    3. well the pandemic is handled pretty well in Slovenia. The only thing I think they miss is a little stricter restrictions.

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    4. Anonymous18:11

      Slovenia is handling the pandemic in a terrible way.
      From mid September 2021 till now in the worse top 12 for covid in all Europe (nearly 50 countries).
      Sputnik is recognised only because Hungary have it (mutual recognition).
      No Sputnik, no any classic vaccine recognised by WHO available in Slovenia till now.
      Vaccination campaign just finished with only 2 mRNA vaccines. Go figure!
      Even Equador is better offering 5 vaccines including Sputnik and a classical vaccine among them.

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    5. Anonymous18:13

      Slovenia: no masks worn outside and nearly zero bills for breaking the prevention rules.
      In one word: terrible!

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    6. Anonymous18:23

      Not to count the worse: hundreds of millions of euro paid in bonuses to workers in public sector not working from home (burocrats in office, doctors, policeman, forestry workers, bank employers, post office workers ...) working already during covid, without stopped income by covid. Getting all this for months and months till mid June 2021. 35, 65 and 100 percent bonus pay every single month for everyone. No tax No country in EU did it: such a shame and additional big debit for a poorly managed country!
      Misuse of money, according to EU policy but who cares Slovenians will pay it back alone.

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