From October 1, Wizz Air will launch direct flights from St. Petersburg's Pulkovo and Moscow's Vnukovo airports to London's Luton airport. They will be performed daily, writes "Paper" and "Airport" . One-way tickets start at £25.99 , while Aeroflot's autumn tickets from London to St. Petersburg will cost an average of £154.
- In May 2019, the British air carrier British Airways announced that from October 3 it will stop operating flights from London Heathrow Airport to St. Petersburg (Pulkovo).
- EasyJet was the last low-cost airline linking London with Moscow and St. Petersburg. The company stopped flights to Russia in 2015 due to a drop in demand: this was attributed to the difficult situation in the Russian economy and the tightening of the visa regime.
- In August 2018, the Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda announced its desire to connect St. Petersburg with London, but due to a conflict with the border service at Pulkovo in March 2019, the company canceled all international flights from St. Petersburg.