For the first six months, average prices for air tickets to non-CIS countries decreased by 15-20% compared to the same period of the previous year. About this "Ribbon". ru "told experts of one of the tourist services.

The most popular Russian air direction to Europe in January - June 2017 was Prague. It is followed by Larnaca (in Cyprus) and Munich (Germany). From other countries, flights to Israel and Turkey were more in demand (in particular, Antalya and Istanbul were more often selected).

From preferences in the near abroad the first place is taken by Chisinau (Moldova). The top three also included Yerevan (Armenia) and Tbilisi (Georgia). From air routes in our country the most popular flights were used in Sochi, Simferopol and Mineralnye Vody.

Over the summer, the share of air tickets in Russia has become less than in June-August 2016. , By 4%. This is due to the growing popularity of travel to the countries of the near abroad, they explain..

Last summer, flights abroad also became cheaper. Then air tickets to the near and far abroad decreased by 9.2% and 9.7%, respectively (16.3 and 26.9 thousand. rub. , There and back again).

And in Europe fell slightly - by 1.2%. On domestic routes, tickets went up slightly, by 1.3%.

However, the cost of air tickets for the New Year holidays can save up to 80%, wrote on Sunday, September 10, "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". Such conclusions were reached by experts after analyzing demand statistics and pricing in booking systems.

Benefit is quite possible to get on flights from Russia to Asia and America, told the publication manager for development Skyscanner in Russia, Dmitry Khavansky. With the advance purchase of tickets for flights to Greece, Azerbaijan and Turkey, you can win 40 - 60% of the price, he added..

Situation 2015 g.

, when in December "New Year" tickets were cheaper than in September, will not happen again, warned the editor-in-chief of the portal "Avia. ru "Roman Gusarov. Then it happened, because because of the devaluation of the ruble, many decided to abandon their vacation abroad.

Now the opposite is true. According to Rosaviation, in January-July passenger traffic by Russian airlines grew by 21% - to 58.27 million people - compared to the same period last year.