OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 August 2009 was announced, that on August, 6 Grigory Kupranov travelling with his mum and the younger brother by UralAirlines flight to Moscow became Tolmachevo Airport 2009-millionth passenger.

Meeting the millionth passenger every year is an old tradition of Tolmachevo: in 2002 the lucky one arrived in October, in 2003 – in September. During the next 5 years, the yearly passenger flow was reaching 1,000,000 people in July-August.

According to the rules, passengers of all ages and social status with a paid ticket bearing Tolmachevo airport as the arrival or departure point can participate in the campaign (except for the employees of the airport and their relatives).