OREANDA-NEWS. Starting from November 24, 2014, IrAero airlines, a partner of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport, commences direct scheduled international flight operations on Novosibirsk - Karagandy - Novosibirsk route.

Flights are operated twice per week on Mondays and Fridays on Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft.

Flight 259 departs from Novosibirsk to Karagandy at 09:00, return Flight 260 from Karagandy to Novosibirsk - at 14:00. Local time applies.

Direct flight between Novosibirsk and one of the largest cities of Kazakhstan resumes for the first time since 2008. The new flight allows passengers from such Russian cities as Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk to take advantage of convenient connections to Karaganda at NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport at a favorable transfer rate.

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.

IrAero airlines is the largest airline company in the Irkutsk region which provides services on passenger and cargo aviation market since 1999. Flight geography of IrAero covers over 20 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the CIS countries and abroad. The airline's fleet comprises fifteen An-24 and An-26 and six Bombardier CRJ-200LR aircraft.