Russia’s Ural Airlines adds new French routes from Moscow Domodedovo Airport

Moscow Domodedovo Airport has announced the introduction of direct flights to Bordeaux and Montpellier. From 1 June 2019, Ural Airlines will fly three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Bordeaux. From 2 June 2019, Ural Airlines will also add Moscow Domodedovo-Montpellier route. The flight will operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

Bordeaux and Montpellier are unique destinations for Moscow aviation hub. Situated close to the Atlantic coast, the city of Bordeaux is a center of the overarching Bordeaux wine region. Moreover, Bordeaux is the most popular tourist destination in France. Known as a university town, Montpellier is a part of the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region. Located near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, the city is famous for its art galleries and monuments of the past.

Ural Airlines and Moscow Domodedovo Airport have been cooperating for more than a quarter century. Over the past ten years, the airline has served 27 million passengers at Moscow Domodedovo Airport and operated 200 thousand airfield operations. Ural Airlines’ network from Moscow Domodedovo Airport includes north of fifty regular and charter destinations. The compound annual growth rate of the airline’s passenger traffic amounted to 23% from 2009 to 2018.