The Northern Capital Gateway Company, which manages Pulkovo Airport, announces the opening of direct regular flights by Aeroflot from St. Petersburg to Istanbul and Samarkand.

Aeroflot's own flights from Pulkovo Airport to Istanbul are operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft four times a week: on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flights to Samarkand under the SU code are carried out by Rossiya Airlines (Aeroflot Group) on Airbus A319 liners three times a week - on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.