Aeroflot cancelling Moscow-Karlovy Vary air-link

The Russian carrier Aeroflot is discontinuing its direct flights to Karlovy Vary as of April, with the last flight from Moscow to the west Bohemian spa town scheduled for the 5th or 6th of April, the E15 news site reported on Friday. The reason for cancelling the air-link, which was established in 2006, is a slump in sales. Karlovy Vary has a strong Russian presence and is immensely popular with Russian tourists but in recent months the number of Russian tourists to the city has dropped. Overall the number of Russian tourists to the Czech Republic was down 13 percent year-on-year in 2014.