World Cup Russia 2018
Anyone think that an airline (presumably BA, Virgin, Easyjet or one of the Russian carriers) will launch direct scheduled flights between the UK and any of Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod or Volgograd for specific dates in summer 2018 ?
I realise that Russia is not part of the EU, formal Govt route approvals will need to be obtained and, because traffic will be in only one direction at a time, fares will be high. On the other hand, those with a ticket to a game get visa-free entry to Russia
I am aware that for Euro 2016, there were very very few flights between the UK and St Etienne (just Ryanair the day before and the day after the game I think) but it's a lot faster to travel by land from the UK to central France, than it is to Russia