The number of private flights from Moscow to Nice decreased by 5% in the seven months from January to July 2014, reported by Bloomberg . This is the first decline recorded since 2009. Popularity corporate holiday on the French Riviera among Russians is reduced since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis. As noted by Uberto Wallin, head of the company engaged in the business flights to Nice, Cannes and Saint-Tropez, French Riviera - popular among Russians for the purchase of real estate and leisure, but in 2014 the company for the first time faced with a reduction of Russian consumers. According to the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, about 140 individual and 50-60 companies from Russia are already under sanctions imposed by the EU. Together with the further restriction of the defense and energy sectors of the EU, as well as reducing air travel associated with Russian companies from the US, is expected to further fall in private flights. Nice as a destination for year-round recreation occupies the first place in popularity among the Russian elite, according to the head of the development department in the company Avinode, carried by private transport. According to him, the decline of private flights by Russian businessmen and officials in June was 9%. According to consulting company WingX Advance, in August 2014 compared to August of the previous year, a decrease of business flights to Nice from Sheremetyevo amounted to 32%, from Domodedovo - 13% of the Pulkovo - 25%. Flights from Vnukovo to Zurich and Geneva also decreased by 49% and 30%, respectively. At the same time in some areas it recorded a slight increase, including Vnukovo-Venn, Vnukovo-Le Bourget (Paris) and Vnukovo Farnborough (London). HomesOverseas.ru
Bloomberg: Russians less resting on the Cote d'azur
12.09.2014
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