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Krasnodar Airport remains closed due to dense fog

Krasnodar Airport remains closed due to dense fog

The Krasnodar Airport remains closed. Horizontal visibility is about 350-550m, vertical 50m. 16 flights (Aeroflot, UTair flights to Moscow, Donavia flight to Yerevan and flydubai flight to the UAE) have been delayed, compared with 10 the previous day. 12 planes had to land at other airports. About a thousand passengers are waiting for their planes, TASS reports.

Departures start from Krasnodar Airport

Departures start from Krasnodar Airport

Five arriving flights have been halted at Krasnodar Airport. An S7 plane flying from Moscow (Domodedovo) landed at Anapa Airport. Two planes of Aeroflot from Moscow (Sheremetyevo) were sent to Sochi and Anapa. Planes of VIM Airlines from Moscow (Domodedovo) and Nordwind from Hurghada are awaiting departure, Yuga.ru reports.The airport will open for arriving flights in about an hour, after vision improves.

Aeroflot to start flights to Georgia

The winter schedule of Aeroflot (from October 26, 2010, to March 28, 2015) has been supplemented with two new flights, one of them to Tbilisi, Interfax reports.

Aeroflot and Sovkomflot to be privatized this year

Aeroflot and Sovkomflot to be privatized this year

Rosimushchestvo Head Olga Dergunova said at the Sochi Investment Forum that Aeroflot and Sovkomflot will be privatized by the end of the year, ITAR-TASS reports.She doubts that Rosneft would be privatized this year. Rosneftegaz and Rosneft and banks need to start preparing infrastructure for privatization in late September to be privatized this year, but no structure for the process has been presented so far.

Kiev announces new rules for Russia’s Aeroflot and Transaero

Kiev announces new rules for Russia’s Aeroflot and Transaero

The Ukrainian State Aviation Service has limited flights over the country’s territory for Aeroflot and Transaero. They make regular flights to Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Greece and Egypt and will now follow a special regime of transit flights through Ukraine, Interfax reports.Aeroflot and Transaero will need permits from the State Aviation Service of Ukraine for every single flight over Ukraine.

American and European airline companies stop flights to Israel

American and European airline companies stop flights to Israel

All U.S. and the largest European airlines have stopped flights to Israel. Over 90 missiles were launched at Israel from Gaza yesterday. About 70 of them landed in Israel, including one in an empty nursery. The Iron Dome missile system intercepted about 18 missiles. One missile landed near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Russia's Transaero and Aeroflot had to return their planes to Moscow. Turkish Airlines cancelled flights to Israel. Compared with an average of over 140 missiles launched at Israel, the number of launches has dropped.

Flight Baku - Moscow to depart with an 18-hour delay

Flight Baku - Moscow to depart with an 18-hour delay

 Detainee Baku - Moscow sent a 18-hour delay Mon July 21, 2014 19:38:40 Flight Baku - Moscow (SU 1853) Russian airline "Aeroflot", who was arrested on Monday with a 6:10, will be sent at 22:00, said the Heydar Aliyev …

Chess in the Caucasus

Chess in the Caucasus

Anatoly Karpov: “The knot of problems in the Caucasus and Ukraine can be undone only through negotiations”

Aeroflot and UTair refuse to open regular flights to Georgia

 Russian airline companies Aeroflot and UTair have refused to start regular flights to Georgia, News Georgia reports.The Russian Federal Aviation Agency said that it would give permission for Moscow-Tbilisi flights only on condition of …

Aeroflot closes 17 flight routes

Aeroflot closes 17 flight routes

Aeroflot has stopped operating 17 flight routes: flights from Rostov-on-Don and Mineralniye Vody to Yerevan; flights from Mineralniye Vody, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi to Tashkent; flights from Saint-Petersburg to Odessa and other destinations, News.am reports.The company explained that passengers were not using the routes.

Sevastopol Airport to become air hub

Sevastopol Airport to become air hub

The Belbek Airport in Sevastopol will be modernized within the framework of the program for the development of transportation infrastructure in Crimea, Maksim Sokolov said, RIA Novosti reports.The airport will be modernized the accept the …

Flight tickets to Crimea drop in price

Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted the VAT for flight tickets to Crimea. The VAT will no longer be collected for the tickets starting on June 1, 2014, Lenta.ru reports.The VAT for the tickets totals 18%.Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev proposed increase of the number of flights to Crimea and reduction of ticket prices to 7,000-8,000 rubles in late March. He emphasized that the tickets should cost less than tickets to Turkey and Bulgaria.

Russia denies hindering of charter flights to Georgia

Russia denies hindering of charter flights to Georgia

Spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich has denied information about attempts to block Aeroflot charter flights to Georgia, Business Georgia reports.According to media reports quoting the Russian Federal Aviation Agency, the Foreign Ministry recommended the commission for airline permits to give Aeroflot no permissions for charter flights to Georgia. Ural Airlines and S7 Airlines are making such flights at the moment.Aeroflot may renew flights to Georgia after a 5-year break in April.