OREANDA-NEWS. Jointly with its customer airlines, NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport offers its passengers an updated flight schedule with additional frequencies on certain routes and reinstatement of seasonal flights.

As expected, such touristic resorts as Antalya, Barcelona, Rimini, Thessaloniki, Bourgas, Varna, Sochi, Simferopol will remain within the route network among destinations available during Summer-2014 traffic programme. Departing from NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport, passengers will have the opportunity to travel to Istanbul, Munich, Prague, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Erevan on direct flights. For the first time since 2012, the regular flight service to Hannover will be commenced. Starting from 26th April, Ukraine International Airlines plans to resume operation of flights to Kiev. Air Bishkek and Air Kyrgyzstan airlines once again resume services to Bishkek and Osh. SKAT airlines in cooperation with IrAero expect to launch flights on Ust-Kamenogorsk route. The possibility to open direct flight connection between Novosibirsk and Ulan Bator is currently being considered.

Within Summer-2014 traffic programme, domestic flight schedule will be modified as well. Frequency of flights to Norilsk, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Vladivostok, Bratsk, Omsk and Chita will increase.

Summer flight schedule is valid from 30th March until 25th October 2014. The airport services are ready for operation within spring-summer period and comply with all relevant standards and requirements.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub in Russia east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The capacity of domestic terminal makes up to 1,800 passengers per hour, while the international terminal capacity - up to 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways of ICAO I and II Categories. In 2013 the passenger traffic exceeded 3.7 mln passengers and cargo traffic totalled 29.9 thousand tons of cargo and mail handled. In 2014 the airport expects to serve 4.2 mln passengers and handle over 32 thousand tons of cargo and mail.