Four times weekly service from Moscow-Chita-Moscow started on 27 October.
Aurora with its key hub in Vladivostok promises to make the country's Far East more accessible.
Angara Airlines, based in Irkutsk, has launched new flights from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk and diamond-mining Mirny in the Sakha Republic.
Elephants and tigers entertain public in cities along staggering 16,000km (9,950 mile) route.
'Six die' as bridges swept away and 7,600 evacuated after heavy rains.
Monument to Kate Marsden unveiled in Sosnovka village 123 years after she set out on her epic work.