OREANDA-NEWS. October 9, 2013, Angara airlines, the partner of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport, will extend its route network with the new Irkutsk - Novosibirsk - Chelyabinsk flight, performed each Wednesday on a comfortable An-148-100E aircraft with capacity up to 75 seats.

Departure time of IK751 flight from Irkutsk to Novosibirsk is 08:15 a.m., from Novosibirsk to Chelyabinsk - 09:45 a.m. Departure time of the return flight IK752 from Chelyabinsk to Novosibirsk is 05:15 p.m., from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk - 09:30 p.m. (all local times).

Besides IK751/752 flight, Angara airlines already performs regular flights to Irkutsk, while Chelyabinsk - Novosibirsk services are new at Tolmachevo.

You can purchase air tickets on websites of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport (www.tolmachevo.ru) and Angara airlines (www.angara.aero) as well as in all ticket offices of your city. For further information, please contact us at 8 (383) 216-97-50 or 216-97-51.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub in Russia 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.

Angara Airlines was established in 2000, with its main base airport in Irkutsk. The company’s fleet comprises 6 An-24, 3 An-26, 3 AN-148 aircraft and 16 MI-8 helicopters of various modifications. Angara airlines is one of the major regional air carriers in East Siberia, providing over 80% of all regional air traffic. Its flight geography covers the Siberian, Far Eastern and Ural Federal Districts.