OREANDA-NEWS. The partner of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport Yakutia airline company launched operations of regular flights from Novosibirsk to Yakutsk on the new aircraft type Sukhoi Superjet 100. The first Yakutsk-Novosibirsk flight performed on SSJ100 with 65 passengers on board arrived at NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport on February 1, 2013.

In August, 2009 Yakutia airline company signed a contract with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft CJSC and Financial Leasing Company JSC for delivery of two 93-seater Sukhoi Superjet 100 with configuration 85 economy and 8 business class seats. It is expected that during the summer season flights on SSJ100 will be operated on the extended route to Neryungri.

Yakutia airline company performs flights on the route Novosibirsk-Yakutsk twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays. Departure time from Novosibirsk is 10:00 p.m. (Monday) and 11:40 a.m. (Friday), from Yakutsk – 09:00 a.m. (local time for each airport is implied). Flight time makes up 4 hours. You can purchase air tickets on the websites of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport and Yakutia Aircompany as well as in all air ticket offices of your city. For further information, contact us 8 (383) 216-97-50, 216-97-51.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The domestic airline capacity makes up 1,800 passengers per hour, on international flights – 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways. In 2013 it expects to serve over 3.7 million passengers. The airport has been nominated for World Routes Awards in the category “The Best Airport of CIS 2012”.

Yakutia airline company is the leader on the aviation market of Yakutia. In 2012 the airlines carried 1,145,630 passengers. The fleet of Yakutia comprise over 30 planes, among them Boeing 757-200, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, SSJ-100, Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, An-140 and others. The airlines’ base airports are the air traffic hubs of Yakutsk, Moscow (Vnukovo) and Krasnodar.

SSJ 100 is a regional next generation aircraft designed and manufactured by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft CJSC with the participation of Alenia Aermacchi. Flight range of a basic configuration reaches 3,048 km, for a long-range configuration – 4,578 km. Reduced fuel consumption and minor hazardous substance release are the principal characteristics of the aircraft allowing to claim SSJ100 to be one the most ecofriendly jets.