The representative of the Strabag, Nikole Ziegler, announced that Strabag will reconstruct Sochi Adler airport. Strabag is Australia-based construction group. Read the complete Post.
Just in time of the summer of 2008, VIM-Avia airlines opens a number of new scheduled flights on the new routes, including Sochi - Moscow.
Olympic flame arrives in St Petersburg
The Olympic flame has arrived Russia’s northern capital, St. Petersburg. It was delivered on a special flight from Istanbul which landed at 3am local time.Officials and journalists turned out to welcome the Olympic symbol despite the early hour.
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Starting June 1, 2008 the S7 Airlines will introduce electronic ticket (e-ticket) service at Sochi Airport and Ashgabat (Turkmenistan). E-ticket service will also be available on July 1, 2008 in Simferopol (Ukraine).
Flight 230 from Sochi to Moscow returned to Sochi due the detection of cracks in the windshield glass. Passengers flew to Moscow on another plane. This news was reported to “Vesti” by the representative of the Sochi airport. According to him, all 68 passengers in 20:36 Moscow Time flew on flight 226, from Sochi airport to airport Vnukovo.
Airplane Sky Express airlines on Friday returned to Sochi’s airport after the 12-minute flight. At a height of 6 thousand m crew detected the appearance of cracks in Calgary cab. The langing was normal. The passengers were unhurt.
Closed due to the snowfall Sochi airport began working on the actual weather.
International airport Sochi at 18:00 Moscow time on Tuesday began working on the receiving and dispatching flights.
“Sochi airport begins to take flights from Moscow” - told a senior controller production-airport flight dispatcher Leonid Khvorov. He noted that the airport is working based on the weathe conditions on the ground.
According to the dispatcher, Sochi expected lower temperature of up to four degrees below zero.
20 and 21 February precipitation in the form of wet snow will continue. Urban public transport is working normally.
On the morning of Tuesday airport Sochi has been closed indefinitely because of the difficult weather conditions. All services Sochi working in the extremal mode, eliminating the consequences of snowfall. Emergency Accidents in Sochi has been reported.
For the second day in the row, Sochi Airport is closed due to heavy snow and strong winds.
All flights in and out of Sochi Airport are cancelled.
Mountain roads connecting Sochi with nearby villages remain closed as well.
Call your airline before heading to the airport.
The landslide victory of President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in December’s parliamentary election and Putin’s nomination of Dmitry Medvedev to succeed him cements Putin’s position as Russia’s Leader. Now, he can freely accelerate the state’s takeover and consolidation of Russia’s remaining heavy industries. Read the complete Post.
SOCHI, Russia — On the pebbled beaches of the Russian Riviera, sunbathers soak up rays on a warm day under a cloudless sky. Read the complete Post.
The Sochi airport building is a small one-floor affair, somewhat ghastly looking, not at all designed for spending any length of time in.
