Cheap Flights to St Petersburg Airport

Discover St Petersburg

Pulkovo Airport is an international airport that serves Saint Petersburg, Russia. The airport is currently comprised of one terminal, Terminal 1, which serves as a hub for Rossiya Airlines (formerly Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise), and as a focus city for Nordavia. It is located 23km (14mi) south of the city centre. It also serves Leningrad Oblast. The airport is owned by the Saint Petersburg City Administration and operated by Northern Capital Gateway.

The old Pulkovo 1 and Pulkovo 2 terminals and their operations have been consolidated into the new terminal, Terminal 1. It has numerous business lounges, restaurants, pharmacies, and an Irish pub. It has 88 check-in counters, 110 passport booths, seven baggage carousels, 110 parking stands, 17 gates, and 17 escalators. The terminal’s interior was designed by Grimshaw Architects, reflecting the designs, style, artistic sculptures, and paintings that best represent Saint Petersburg city.

What to see & do

Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia, politically incorporated as a federal subject (a federal city), and located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. This mesmerising city is a world-class destination, home to breathtaking canals with baroque bridges – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – as well as its massive historic centre, among other fantastic sites. Don’t miss the chance to visit the city’s number one attraction: the Hermitage Museum, which is located inside the Winter Palace of the Romanov Dynasty – both making one of the world’s greatest and oldest collections of art, treasure, and antiquities, and one of its most beautiful buildings. Other notable places within the historic centre that one must visit are the Russian Museum, which features an extensive collection of Russian paintings and sculpture; Peter and Paul Fortress, where all of the Romanov Czars of Russia from Peter the Great were buried; Museum of Artillery, Combat Engineers, and Signal Troops; Ethnographic Museum; and Alexander Nevskiy Monastery, where tombs of some of the world's most famous composers and notable Russian figures are housed.

How to get around within Saint Petersburg

The first thing that you should know before you travel around Saint Petersburg is that most of the city’s means of transportation cease to operate at night. However, taxis are available even during the night but are also more expensive.

During the day, there are a number of ways to navigate around the city. One is by subway. Saint Petersburg’s metro is Russia’s second largest underground railway system and is considered as a cost-effective way to get around. In fact, the metro’s fascinating decorations make it a major tourist attraction in itself. Like most subways in the world, it can be very crowded during rush hour so if you don’t feel like being trapped in a huge crowd, you might want to consider other alternatives, like getting on the tram, which is slower, but a scenic way to see the city. You can distinguish them by the letters. ‘M’ indicates trolleybuses while ‘A’ means diesel buses – both of them showing the same route number but the former’s route is frequently shorter. Route taxi is oftentimes considered the fastest way to get somewhere, especially if you’re avoiding the crowds in the bus or train stations. These taxis can seat between 14 to 20 people and are usually small white/yellow Chinese or Turkish buses. For far destinations, you can take a commuter train.

How to get there

The airport is served by numerous air carriers such as Aegean Airlines, Aeroflot, Air Berlin, Air Europa, Air France, British Airways, Emirates, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, TAP Portugal, Ural Airlines, and Yamal Airlines. From the airport, visitors can reach the city centre via several ways. A local bus line 39 going to Moskovskaya metro station serves the airport. The new terminal has a joined structured pricing scheme with taxis operating at the airport, which bases the fare according to the geographic zones. Passengers can now book a taxi from the service booth in the arrivals hall. Other ways of getting into the city aside from air transit is by train, since Saint Petersburg is a major rail hub; by bus, which is considered the cheapest option, although not exactly comfortable; and by boat.