“We held talks with the head of a Russian airline to strengthen air traffic between Algeria and Moscow, as well as St. Petersburg,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Rabehi added that the increase in the number of flights will allow Russians to use the Algiers airport for transit to Europe.

Earlier it became known that the Russian airline Aeroflot for the first time in the history of Vladivostok Airport launched direct regular flights from there to Bangkok and Phuket.