Russia to resume flights to, from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Argentina on Dec 1 - HQ

MOSCOW. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Russia will resume flights to and from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica, and Argentina on December 1, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement.

It has been decided to resume regular air traffic with five countries starting on December 1, the headquarters said.

"There will be two flights per week between Moscow and Dhaka, Bangladesh; three flights per week between Moscow and Ulaanbaatar, as well as one flight per week between Ulan-Ude and Ulaanbaatar, Irkutsk and Ulaanbaatar, and Krasnoyarsk and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, each; two flights per week between Moscow and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two flights per week between Moscow and San Jose, Costa Rica; and two flights per week between Moscow and Buenos Aires, Argentina," the headquarters said.

It is also planned to resume air travel with Kyrgyzstan with one flight per week between Moscow's Zhukovsky Airport and Bishkek and between Zhukovsky and Osh. "There will be one flight to Issyk-Kul (Tamchi) per week on every route from Russian cities where international flights have resumed," the headquarters said.

There will be two flights per week between Moscow and Ho Chi Minh and Moscow and Nha Trang, Vietnam, as well as two flights per week between Moscow's Zhukovsky Airport and Rome, Italy.

In the case of Kazakhstan, there will be three flights per week between Zhukovsky and Nur-Sultan, Zhukovsky and Almaty, and Zhukovsky and Shymkent, as well as one flight per week between Yekaterinburg and Nur-Sultan, Krasnodar and Nur-Sultan, Orenburg and Nur-Sultan, Sochi and Nur-Sultan, Krasnoyarsk and Nur-Sultan, St. Petersburg and Almaty, Yekaterinburg and Almaty, Krasnodar and Almaty, Orenburg and Almaty, Sochi and Almaty, Moscow and Aktobe, Saint Petersburg and Aktobe, Saint Petersburg and Petropavlovsk , Saint Petersburg and Aktau, Saint Petersburg and Atyrau, Kazan and Aktobe, Krasnodar and Atyrau, Sochi and Atyrau, Moscow and Ust-Kamenogorsk, Mineralnye Vody and Nur-Sultan, Mineralnye Vody and Almaty, Rostov-on-Don and Almaty, Rostov-on-Don and Aktau, Rostov-on-Don and Atyrau, Rostov-on-Don and Karaganda, Yekaterinburg and Nur-Sultan, Yekaterinburg and Aktau, Yekaterinburg and Almaty, Omsk and Almaty, and Ufa and Almaty.