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Moscow/st petersburg

  • 12-11-2016 7:52pm
    #1
    Thrashssacre
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    Is there any particular reason ireland have no direct flights to either city they both have huge population and tourism potential?


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  • #2
    xtradel
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    Tis cold over there.


  • #3
    Fred Swanson
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  • #4
    L1011
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    S7 fly to Moscow seasonally


  • #5
    goingnowhere
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    Plus almost everyone from EU to Russia and vice versa needs a visa. Lets just say its not a trivial thing to arrange.

    Summer time there has been a limited service

    Via FRA or CPH/ARN work well


  • #6
    Noxegon
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    When I went there I went via CPH.

    As others have noted, arranging visas is decidedly non-trivial.

    Moscow is hard work as a foreigner, but St Petersburg is well set up for tourists as they get quite a bit of cruise traffic. If visas were more straight forward (or if there was a visa waiver programme) I imagine there probably would be service there from DUB.

    I develop Superior Solitaire when I'm not procrastinating on boards.ie.



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    Fred Swanson
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  • #8
    fits
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    Yeah the visa situation is off putting. Easiest route is via Helsinki and take visa free ferry trip.


  • #9
    J.pilkington
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    fits wrote: »
    Yeah the visa situation is off putting. Easiest route is via Helsinki and take visa free ferry trip.

    Loads of restrictions on entering via ferry.


  • #10
    fits
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    I did the visa free trip twice to st petersburg.. Its grand. But limited to 3days.. Abd yoiiu cant travel outside the city. St peterline is company.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
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    cheap flights with Baltic air from Riga to Moscow, then use Ryanair Dub - Riga.


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