Ural Airlines is starting tri-weekly direct services to New Delhi from Ekaterinburg next week, the airline has told RT India

Russia’s Ural Airlines will start direct flights to Delhi next week, as it seeks to benefit from a spurt in business travel and tourism between the two countries.

The flights will operate from Ural Airlines’ base, Koltsovo Airport in Ekaterinburg, to New Delhi three days a week, on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, the airline told RT India.

The service will start on October 25.

“The decision to launch regular flights was driven by both commercial and strategic reasons,” the airline said, citing strong demand and the availability of a suitable fleet of Airbus aircraft.

Ekaterinburg is the largest transport and industrial hub in the Urals.…