We still didn't reach any consensus on the matter how many people would be interested in flying with 'no-frills' to St. Petersburg. And everybody tended to see just US travelling THERE. But we have had a very scanty picture of the numbers of potential passengers FROM Russia who would be using low-costs to get TO the Western Europe. The scale of such connections could be immense. Last year, LED alone (Pulkovo) did handle 4.3 million passengers, without any low-cost connections to/from there. And many airlines do have many reasons NOT to use Pulkovo as its base. At the beginning of the spring-summer schedule, the airport increased a number of fees for ground servicing of aircraft. It angered large numbers of foreigner carriers flying into LED. They state that certain services at Pulkovo are more expensive than at Europe's largest airports. ¡°De-icing is five times cheaper in Paris that in St. Petersburg,¡± a spokesman for one of the companies said. So, while even the tradititional carriers are unhappy with the situation in Russia, LED and alike will stay a 'no-enter zone' for no-frills in many years to come. But it only magnifies the significance (and chances) of some potential enter-points like the mentioned Finnish Lappeenranta.