Ryanair gets Russia flight go-ahead

Ryanair has been granted permission to fly to destinations in Russia from March next year by the country’s aviation authority.

The Federal Air Transport Agency, known as Rosaviatsia, will allow the airline to start regular flights on routes from Dublin to Moscow and St Petersburg, spokesman Sergei Isvolsky said yesterday.

Ryanair is in “exploratory” talks with a number of airports as potential destinations, its spokesman Robin Kiely said.