Alternative Airlines celebrates thaw in Anglo-Russian relations

Alternative Airlines, the innovative flight only on-line booking site, is celebrating Gordon Brown's first meeting with Dmitri Medvedev, the new Russian President, by launching some exceptionally low fares to over 12 major Russian cities including Moscow and St Petersburg. With return flights to Moscow from London starting at £189 including taxes (with Swiss via Zurich) and many of Russia's leading cities served over either Moscow, Kalinigrad or Vienna, Alternative Airlines is now able to offer passengers an outstanding choice of airfares and flights to both business and leisure travellers.

Managing Director, John Pope, said, "The demand for all Russian destinations is growing rapidly and, as the political climate improves, commercial co-operation will increase. More and more people will also choose this vast and fascinating country as a unique holiday destination. We are working closely with both UK and Russian airlines to offer the widest possible choice of flights, both from the UK and within Russia."

Alternative Airlines offers very special fares to over twelve prime business and historical destinations in Russia with selected British and Russian Airlines. Passengers can now book on-line and get immediate confirmation for flights to Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Perm, Rostov on Don, Omsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Chelyabinsk and many more. Return fares start from as little £189 inclusive of taxes and charges and flights are on-sale for travel throughout 2008 and Spring 2009.

The Alternative Airlines website (alternativeairlines.com) offers users the chance to book from over 300 different airlines, including many local and regional carriers that do not have online booking facilities anywhere else. The company is continually adding more and more carriers to the booking engine and aim to make the website a place where users can book flights for any airline in the world.

A spokesman for Alternative Airlines commented:

"It is our goal to provide a single site, from which customers can book any airline ticket in the world. Already we offer bookings with over 300 different airlines, from Air Vanuatu to Vladivostokair.

“We aim to provide our customers the ability to quickly and easily book a flight deal from anywhere with an airport, to anywhere else in the world with an airport, even on obscure routes and unfamiliar airlines".

The site is also packed full of news on new airline routes, information about each airline, as well as air travel news and details of special fares and travel tips. With it's wealth of information on global carriers, the Alternative Airlines website has also become a favourite amongst airline enthusiasts, who can read up on the latest airlines to be launched.

For more information, visit Alternativeairlines.com.