“The cost of air tickets from Moscow to Egyptian resorts has reached 450 thousand rubles per passenger in one way in economy class.
Direct flight of Nordwind airline on October 29 to Antalya from Moscow cost 352 thousand rubles, ”the newspaper said.
By October 30, tour operators expect a full load of hotels and places on charter and regular flights.
As representatives of the airlines explained to Izvestia, the rise in prices occurred after an increase in demand for flights to popular resorts in Egypt and Turkey.
“Traditionally, the last days of October and the first week of November for aviation are a period of high demand due to school holidays and weekends in honor of the celebration of National Unity Day on November 4.
But this year, in addition to this, non-working days were introduced in Russia, "Izvestia explained.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced non-working days in the country from October 30 to November 7.
The Russian Union of Travel Industry told about the situation with outbound tourism.