Ryanair is expected to make its first flight from Dublin to Moscow in spring 2014, says Vedomosti.

      The business daily refers to the Irish embassy’s note published by Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA).

      The document mentions the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Russian Federation of 31 March 1993.

      According to the note, Ryanair intends to make flights from Dublin to St Petersburg and Moscow.

      “Ryanair has made applications to the Federation Air Transport Agency (FATA) in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Aeronautical Information Publication of the Russian Federation for authorisation to fly Dublin to St Petersburg and Dublin to Moscow starting the end of March 2014,” reads the statement.

      “Additional air services between the two countries by both Irish and Russian airlines would

      benefit business and tourism relations between the two countries. The Embassy of Ireland would respectfully request that the Russian authorities deal favourably with these applications as envisaged under the Air Transport Agreement,” the note concludes.

      Ryanair is a European low-cost Irish airline. Set up in 1985, Ryanair now operates more than 1,600 daily flights (over 500,000 per year) from 57 bases, across 1,600 low fare routes, connecting 180 destinations in 29 countries and operating a fleet of 303 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ryanair currently has more than 9,000 employees and expects to carry over 81.5 million passengers this year. A revised full-year net profit forecast stands between €500 million and €520 million.