Airline ticket booking

When booking a flight with a German ID card (Personalausweis) that includes a patronymic, and the airline's website has character limitations (no spaces or apostrophes), consider entering your first name and surname consecutively or just your first name. Individuals have reported successful travel experiences using different surnames on their Russian and German passports.

Direct payment for Russian airline tickets (e.g., flights between Kaliningrad and Moscow) using German bank cards is not possible on Russian airline websites due to sanctions. However, these tickets can often be purchased through international flight aggregators or online travel agencies, such as Trip.com or City.Travel, which accept German bank cards.

Turkish Airlines generally operates flights to Russia from Germany. If you are in Germany and searching on the Turkish Airlines website, ensure you are selecting the correct origin (e.g., Frankfurt, Munich) and destination (e.g., Moscow, St. Petersburg) cities. Some specific routes or destinations within Russia might not be displayed depending on your location settings or search parameters. It is confirmed that flights to Moscow are available.

Two airline tickets are available for the Amsterdam-Yerevan-Moscow route departing on July 18th with FlyOne. The flights are: Amsterdam to Yerevan (July 18th, 21:20 - 04:05) and Yerevan to Vnukovo (July 19th, 06:10 - 08:10). The tickets were originally intended for two passengers but are now available due to visa delays.

Airline baggage policies often count 'one piece of checked luggage' as a single physical item, regardless of the weight limit (e.g., 20kg). Splitting this into two bags usually requires paying for an extra piece of luggage. When navigating public transport with heavy items, consider that many European stations and older residential buildings lack elevators, making one heavy 23kg suitcase significantly more difficult to transport than two lighter ones.