Kuril Islands — Significant news

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• 13.09.2026

  

  Helicopter service between Kunashir and Shikotan has been suspended in the Kuril Islands.

  • flight cancellations
  • Kunashir
  • Russia
  • Shikotan

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• 10.07.2026

  

  Aurora has resumed seasonal flights from Vladivostok to Iturup (Kuril Islands).

  • Aurora
  • Iturup
  • Russia
  • seasonal flights
  • Vladivostok

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• 07.04.2026

  

  Heavy rain fell on the Kuril Islands.

  • climate
  • Russia

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Please note: Flight information below is related to the past seasons. Flight schedules may differ. Double-check.

Winter season 2025

• 26.03.2026

  

  In May, the “Pacific Cruise” will launch in the Far East.

  • Commander Islands
  • Cruises
  • Korsakov
  • Kurilsk
  • Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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Please note: Flight information below is related to the past seasons. Flight schedules may differ. Double-check.

Summer season 2025

• 24.09.2025

  

  A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was recorded near the Kuril Islands.

  • cataclysms
  • Kamchatka
  • Russia

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• 03.08.2025

  

  A tourist route called “Roads of Shumshu Island” will appear on Shumshu Island (Kuriles).

  • Russia
  • Shumshu

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• 05.07.2025

  

  A magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in the vicinity of the Kuril Islands, causing no casualties.

  • cataclysms
  • Russia

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• 20.06.2025

  

  Aurora Airlines have opened the Vladivostok-Iturup (Kuril Islands) route.

  • Aurora
  • flights
  • Iturup
  • Russia
  • Vladivostok

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Please note: Flight information below is related to the past seasons. Flight schedules may differ. Double-check.

Winter season 2024

• 30.01.2025

  

  Sakhalin and the Kurils will host a gastronomic festival “NaVazhny Fest” from 17 February to 2 March.

  • events
  • Russia
  • Sakhalin

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• 18.01.2025

  

  A storm hit the Kuril Islands.

  • climate
  • Russia

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• 29.10.2024

  

  Heavy rains occurred on the Kuril Islands.

  • climate
  • Russia

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Please note: Flight information below is related to the past seasons. Flight schedules may differ. Double-check.

Summer season 2024

• 23.07.2024

  

  On Paramushir (Kuril Islands) continues moderate eruption of the volcano Ebeko.

  • cataclysms
  • Russia

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Winter season 2023

• 28.02.2024

  

  On Paramushir (Kuril Islands), there was an eruption of the Ebeko volcano.

  <p>No one was injured.</p>

  • cataclysms
  • Russia

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• 06.02.2024

  

  There is heavy snowfall on the Kuril Islands.

  <p>Flights were cancelled at the airport in Yuzhno-Kurilsk.</p>

  • cataclysms
  • flight cancellations
  • Kurilsk
  • Russia

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Please note: Flight information below is related to the past seasons. Flight schedules may differ. Double-check.

Summer season 2023

• 22.10.2023

  

  A plane landed on Paramushir (Kuril Islands) for the first time in history.

  <p>Previously, only helicopters flew to the island.</p>

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• 05.04.2023

  

  Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands threw out a four-kilometer ash column.

  <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Residents are asked to exercise caution.</span></p>

  • cataclysms
  • Russia

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