Cheapest flights in Russia: direct flights

Do you like flying on airplanes or do you have to use the services of airlines for work? Are you planning another trip abroad, but the budget amount is very limited? Which airlines will be able to provide you affordable tickets, how to fly for a minimum price to another country without baggage, and what are the cheapest flights in Russia?

What are low-cost airlines?

Low-cost airlines can provide you cheap flights around Russia. But, unfortunately, it is necessary to sacrifice something in order to get any discounts on tickets. This usually happens due to increased flight requirements. For example, to baggage allowance, hand luggage, as well as even to a place on the plane.

Each country has its own low-cost airlines. For example, the famous Flydubai (UAE), EasyJet (British company), Wizz Air (Hungary), Pegasus (Turkey), Air Arabia (UAE), airBaltic (Latvia). Provides the cheapest flights in Russia airline "Victory". This is a subsidiary of Aeroflot, founded in 2014.

Why do low cost airlines have cheap tickets?

The thing is that cheap tickets can usually be bought on a site on the Internet. The price goes down because there is no need to allocate money for the maintenance of air ticket offices in various cities. After all, there is no need to hire workers, and therefore, to pay them wages.

Also, many services that large airlines can provide you with, lowcosters are excluded from their offer. That is, you pay only for the flight. If you want to reserve yourself a certain place, include luggage in your ticket, increase the size of your hand luggage or order yourself breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner, then you will have to pay extra for this. However, not all airlines offer these privileges for a fee. Pay attention to this before buying a ticket.

Further about the aircraft itself. Namely about places on board. Since there are usually many who want to fly for a minimum price, airlines have to take planes with a large number of passenger seats. You understand that this can make your flight less comfortable. Moreover, often you are unlikely to be able to fly with your friends or relatives, sitting next to you. When registering, seats can be allocated in such a way that you fly at the beginning of the plane, and your friend or parent at the end. If you care, and you want to be near your companion throughout the flight, or maybe you will be so comfortable and calmer if you are afraid to fly, we recommend that you reserve seats nearby in advance for a fee.

In addition, discount airlines will cut wage costs. Therefore, one staff can perform many functions: from cleaning the cabin to unloading luggage from the plane.

By the way, if you bought a ticket from one of the low-cost airlines, then you will surely fly on a new plane. Airlines are doing everything in order to have as little as possible to spend money on ship repair.

The cheapest flights in Russia

Do not think that cheap flights can be provided exclusively by low-cost airlines. Of course, other airlines can offer you a ticket for a small price to any destination in our country. So, we will consider cheap tours in Russia with a flight. However, we make a reservation that some tickets will be without baggage. Watch for this.

Flights at a low price in Russia with luggage

Let's look at what cheap flights exist in Russia. Airlines, flights, destinations and baggage allowance are as follows:

1. Moscow - Kazan. Utair Airlines offers a ticket for 2990 rubles. Hand luggage and luggage up to 10 kg.
2. Moscow - Sochi. In 2 hours 20 minutes, Ural Airlines will deliver you to Sochi for 2700 rubles. Hand luggage - 5 kg, luggage - 10 kg.
3. Moscow - Ufa. The price of a Utair airline ticket is 3900 rubles. You can fly to Ufa in two hours with hand luggage of 10 kg and luggage of 23 kg.
4. Moscow - Irkutsk. You can buy the cheapest ticket with 20 kg baggage from Pobeda Airlines for 5200 rubles.
5. Moscow - Yakutsk. The cheapest ticket to the capital of the Republic of Sakha can be bought from Nordwind Airlines for 14,600 rubles. One piece of luggage and hand luggage 5 kg.
6. Moscow - Vladivostok. You can get there for 13,200 rubles by Rossiya Airlines. Hand luggage - 5 kg and luggage up to 23 kg.

Cheap flights around Russia without baggage

It's time to learn how to fly as cheap as possible to various cities of our country without baggage. A good opportunity to explore new places and surroundings. Cheap flights to Russia carry out:

1. Moscow - Kaliningrad. The airline "Victory" offers a ticket for 1470 rubles. Hand luggage only.
2. Moscow - Yekaterinburg. You can fly by Pobeda Airlines for 2180 rubles. Hand luggage only.
3. Moscow - Samara. The cheapest ticket is at Victory. For 1500 rubles you can fly there in 1 hour 40 minutes with just one carry-on baggage.
4. In the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, namely in Surgut from Moscow, the Pobeda airline will take you in 3 hours and a little literally for 2,000 rubles. Hand luggage only.
5. Moscow, Saint Petersburg. You can get there for just a thousand rubles by buying tickets from the Pobeda airline. Hand luggage only.
6. Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod. A Utair airline ticket costs only 2,000 rubles. You can take carry-on baggage with a weight of not more than 10 kg.

By the way, Pobeda Airlines has the same carry-on standard everywhere: 36x30x27 cm. If you want to fly with your luggage, you can add this service for 1,687 rubles.

Ways to fly cheaper

There are at least three possibilities to buy tickets cheaper. Using them, you can save money on flights.

1. See if there is another city nearby with the airport. Very often there are situations when a ticket from point A to point B is much more expensive than a flight from a nearby airport. For example, from the city of Nizhnevartovsk (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area) you can fly to Moscow for 6749 rubles (S7 Airlines), and this is the minimum price. And from the city of Surgut, located 220 km from Nizhnevartovsk, you can fly to Moscow for only 2030 rubles (Victory). Even if you pay an extra 1600 rubles for twenty-kilogram baggage, you will still remain in the black, flying out of Surgut. Since a ticket from Nizhnevartovsk to the nearest other airport costs only 500 rubles (by the way, the bus arrives directly to Surgut Airport, which is incredibly convenient for travelers) you will not have to spend money on a taxi or on a bus, figuring out how to get there).
2. If you know the exact dates of departure and arrival, then it is most profitable to buy round-trip tickets from one airline. Large companies usually give a discount when making such purchases, increasing loyalty and retaining regular customers.
3. Do not believe it, but often flying with transfers is much cheaper than direct flights. By the way, it also works with foreign destinations.
4. Large air carriers very often delight their customers with special promotions. Do not forget to track them, subscribe to the pages of airlines you are interested in on social networks.
5. Better to take a ticket in advance. Especially if it's not off season. For example, the usual price (in October, December) for a flight from Moscow to Simferopol is about 3200 rubles. In the summer, it’s twice as expensive. If you want to take a ticket for July to the southern cities, be sure to take it in a few months.
6. Also keep an eye on what time you arrive. Suddenly this is a city of mass congestion? We mean the time of various championships, festivals and holidays. For example, during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, prices for flights increased as much as 3 times. If it was usually possible to fly from Novosibirsk to Moscow for 4000 rubles, then in June the price rose to ten thousand.
7. Be sure to have applications on your smartphones that track ticket prices and tell you dates on which you can fly cheaper. For example, Skyscanner or Aviasales.

conclusions

We hope that the information on cheap flights around Russia was useful to you. Travel more, keep track of airfare and don't be afraid to explore new cities!