First flight made on Grozny-Simferopol route

The first flight to Simferopol flew today from Grozny, starting regular flights between Crimea and Chechnya. It had 56 passengers on board. This was stated by the commercial director of Grozny-Avia airlines, Sergey Petrov.

"Ticket sales began a month ago. The first flight took place today. 56 tickets were sold, it is somewhere around 50% of capacity. In connection with the start of the vacation season, we hope that it will be in a great demand," Tass quotes him as saying.