OREANDA-NEWS. S7 Airlines, Russia’s largest air carrier by number of passengers on domestic routes, announced the resumption of regular flights from Novosibirsk to Bishkek and back beginning November 20, 2008, reported the press-centre of S7 Airlines.

The flights are operated on a new modern Airbus A320 airliner that was acquired directly from the plant in Toulouse, France this past spring.

The 2 hour and 20 minute flight will be operated once a week on Thursdays, departing from Novosibirsk at 13:45 and from Bishkek at 17:15. The flight has convenient connections in Novosibirsk with flights to the Far East.

S7 Airlines operated flights along this route from June 2008 through September 2008 as part of its summer schedule. Due to the high popularity of this route, the company decided to resume the flights and include them in the winter schedule beginning November 20, 2008.