Space Adventures has reached another agreement with Russia to fly private space travelers to ISS aboard Soyuz capsules. Russia will manufacture an extra Soyuz, beyond its own needs, to accomodate SA's clients. The agreement starts in 2013.
SA is currently the only private company to offer orbital flight. That could well be changing, however. Boeing/Bigelow, SpaceX, Interorbital Systems, Virgin Galactic, and others are all working towards developing a manned orbital capability. In each case, commercial flights would follow soon after the system is proven. New systems wouldn't have the history of reliability Soyuz has, of course, but they will be more advanced technologically in many ways.
This agreement could potentially be SA's last using Soyuz.
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