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Winter Olympics: The Show Will Go On

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The Sochi Olympics chief, Dmitry Chrnyshenko has denied rumours that the recent conflicts are affecting the Sochi Winter Olympics which is to be held in 2014. The IOC chief inspector, Jean-Claude Killy confirmed it by adding that he is confident that the Winter Olympics is going to be a great success and a magnificent spectacle.

 

2014 Olympics to be held in Crimean resort town in Sochi

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Putin’s favorite ski resort, the Crimean resort will be the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics. It is reported that he was very particular about Sochi playing the host for the 2014 Olympics, to the extent that he made a trip to Guatemala City in 2007 to
apply pressure on the IOC into opting for Sochi instead of Korea. He succeeded in his mission but only because he agreed to some supposedly explicit conditions that includes “guaranteed snowfall” and that the roads will be “traffic free”. Cheers to Putin for his efforts!

 

Statistics Reveal Increase in Passenger Traffic At Sochi Airport

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Sochi international Airport has increased its passenger traffic by more than 23.9% in 2008, when compared to last year. Between January and July this year, air carriers reportedly executed 6,787 flights. While a 53.5% increase was observed for International flights, passenger traffic for domestic airlines escalated by 9%. With efforts to promote tourism in Sochi reaping gradual positive results, officials are hoping that the recent conflicts would not affect these statistics.

 

Sochi’s Electricity Supplied By Georgia Remains Unaffected

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Georgia has remained loyal to the acting contract in regards to supplying electricity to Russia and Sochi, despite having ruffled each other’s feathers recently. Reports of a possibility of disrution of electricity supply from Georgia was doing its rounds last week.
Further reports, this time from the ITAR-TASS, revealed that all flights to Europe, except to Turkey and Ukraine from Tbilisi’s airport,  have been cancelled. Flights to Russia have also been cancelled. This situation has brought air traffic to a standstill in these regions, leaving many travelers stranded.

 

Session of the Russian - French Commission Begins In September

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The Russian Prime Minister is expected to have a meeting with his French counterpart in the Krasnodar region of Sochi in September this year. The prime focus of this session would be on the bilateral cooperation where issues relating to the aerospace, energy sector, transport and aircraft services would be discussed. This should, hopefully bring about further developments in these sectors, which should be great news for Sochi!

 
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