OREANDA-NEWS. S7 Airlines, Russia’s largest air carrier by number of transported passengers on domestic routes, announces the opening of regular flights from Ekaterinburg, reported the press-centre of Sibir Airlines.

On August 5, 2008, the company will begin to operate flights along the Ekaterinburg-Sochi route, and a daily flight from Ekaterinburg to Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport will open on September 2, 2008.

“Until recently Ekaterinburg was the only Russian city with a population of more than 1 million people from where S7 Airlines flights were not operated. The new route is certain to be popular. Besides the flights to Moscow and Sochi, S7 Airlines is considering the possibility of operating regular flights from Ekaterinburg to Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg,” said Anton Eremin, Deputy CEO of S7 Airlines.

The minimum fare on the flight along the Ekaterinburg – Sochi route is 6,500 rubles one-way. When you buy your ticket on our website at www.S7.ru, you receive a special web fare** of 6,000 rubles one-way.

The new Ekaterinburg – Moscow flight will operated beginning September 2, 2008 on comfortable Airbus A319 airliners with 120 economy-class and 8 business-class seats.

The minimum fare on the Ekaterinburg – Moscow route is 2,700 rubles one-way and 4,400 rubles round trip. The business class fare starts at 18,000 rubles one-way.