New airline launches flights from London Gatwick to Russia

As of Sunday June 17 the Russian airline KD avia launched a new route from London Gatwick to their own terminal at Khrabrovo Airport in Kaliningrad, operated on Boeing 737-300 aircraft.

This flight will be the first direct service from the UK to the Baltic seaport of Kaliningrad and a gateway to a further 10 cities in the Russian Federation and one city in Kazakhstan.

As well as flights to popular Moscow and St Petersburg, KD avia provides the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to other destinations in Russia including the interesting and historical cities of: Omsk, Samara, Volgograd, Nizhniy Novgorod, Tyumen, Ufa and Chelyabinsk.

Alexey Leonov, Manager Sales of KD avia says, With the through check in of passengers and their baggage; a convenient schedule and an easy, more convenient transfer within one terminal at Kaliningrad airport this new flight makes KD avia a popular choice with both leisure and business travellers'.

The new service is a great alternative option for routes into Russia with flights departing London Gatwick every Tuesday at 15:15 local, Thursday at 14:30 local and Sunday at 14:30 local. The flying time to Kaliningrad is 2 hours 30 minutes with good connection times for onwards flights to Moscow. The airline is planning to develop these flights into a daily service.

Prices for return flights from Gatwick start at GBP208 to Kaliningrad, GBP 218 to Moscow (Domodedovo) and GBP398 to Astana including taxes and charges. Travellers should be aware that accommodation needs to be pre-booked before entering Russia and they will need to obtain a Russian visa.

In the future KD avia will be working with a number of UK Tour Operators who are looking to utilise this convenient way to offer twin-centre city packages covering both Moscow and St Petersburg.

KD avia operate a fleet of 12 modern Boeing 737-300 aircraft and have ownership of Kaliningrad's Khaborov Airport.

Reservations can be made through KDavia.co.uk.