Departures
Pictured: Opposite page: Beijing’s Temple of Heaven; Below: Salvador, Brazil; Bottom: Moscow, Russia
Rio de Janeiro With its spectacular setting, Rio is the most- visited city in the Southern Hemisphere. While tourism is the dominant factor in the city’s economy, it is also the headquarters of several major oil companies. From Heathrow, British Airways serves Rio
three times weekly, and TAM Airlines six times a week. Iberia flies daily from Madrid, TAP flies daily from Lisbon, while Air France has 14 flights a week out of Paris Charles de Gaulle. Lufthansa is to restart its daily Rio operation from Frankfurt on October 30. American Airlines, Delta and United/Continental serve Rio from their respective US hubs.
Sao Paulo Once just an industrial city, the largest metropolis south of the equator has been undergoing profound change and, today, it is Brazil’s largest financial centre. Both BA and TAM depart Heathrow for Sao
Paulo daily. Iberia flies 14 times a week from Madrid, TAP daily out of Lisbon, Swiss has the same frequency ex-Zurich, and Air France offers 14 flights a week from Paris CDG. KLM operates daily out of Amsterdam Schiphol, and Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt and Munich. Services from their North American hubs are with Air Canada, American, Delta and United/Continental.
Salvador Blending high-rise commercial buildings with colonial architecture, tropical Salvador is economically one of Brazil’s most important cities. It has one of the country’s principal ports and is an international trade centre.
With no direct services from the UK to Salvador, the options are Iberia or Air Europa from Madrid, TAP via Lisbon, TAM and BA via Sao Paulo, or American via Miami.
Manaus In northern Brazil, Manaus relied on rubber as the mainstay of its economy for much of the 20th century. With a decline in the industry, however, the sprawling city has diversified, an eclectic range of industries helping it bounce back to prosperity. There are no direct flights from the UK or Europe to Manaus. Instead, connect with a domestic service in a major Brazilian gateway.
Russia Moscow A major political, economic and financial centre on the Moskva River, the Russian capital city is home to the country’s largest banks and the Gazprom energy giant. A city of the nouveau riche, it has more billionaires than New York. From Heathrow, Transaero flies to Moscow
four times a day, British Airways thrice daily, bmi 14 times a week, and Aeroflot 17 times. Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has recently launched a three time daily service from its Kiev hub to Moscow with a convenient daily connection from London Gatwick. Air France offers up to nine services each day out of Paris CDG and KLM four daily from Schiphol. Lufthansa has a total of 76 flights a week, departing to the Russian capital from its hubs in Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Berlin.
St Petersburg Founded by Peter the Great in 1703 as his ‘window on the west’, elegant St Petersburg remains a principal trade gateway to Europe. On the Baltic at the head of the Gulf of Finland, it is a financial and industrial hub, specialising in the oil and gas industries. From Heathrow, BA serves St Petersburg daily,
while from Gatwick, Aeroflot flies four times a week, and Rossiya Airlines operates twice weekly. Air France provides three flights a day from Paris CDG, and KLM two a day out of Schiphol. Lufthansa’s schedule comprises 21 operations a week from Frankfurt, 14 from Munich and seven out of Dusseldorf.
Novosibirsk Housing the head offices of a large number of Russian companies, the principal city in Siberia is also big into industry. More than 200 large and medium-size enterprises based here are major players in the electricity, gas and water supply sectors. The only direct service from the UK to Novosibirsk is Transaero’s daily flight from Heathrow. The alternative is to connect with a domestic carrier in Moscow.
Yekaterinburg The post-communist regime in the city to the east of the Ural Mountains has worked hard to erase memories of the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family here following the Russian revolution in 1918. Today, Yekaterinburg concentrates on an improving economy. ➔
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