Wizz Air is to offer low cost travellers flights to Russia from next month. Flights from London Luton to Moscow-Vnukovo and St.Petersburg will start on 1 October. Both will make use of the Airbus A321, with each fight operating once a day.

With a flight time of more than three hours, there routes are some of the longest for the airline in Europe. The airline operates as an LCC with its aircraft configured in an all-economy configuration.