S7 Airlines Resumed Operations to Georgia from Domodedovo Airport

OREANDA-NEWS. September 24, 2010. S7 Airlines the largest Russian domestic airline announces renewal of flights to Georgia from Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

The first flight after the discontinuation of air traffic between Russia and Georgia en route Moscow (Moscow Domodedovo Airport) - Tbilisi is operated.

Approval for flights issued by aviation authorities of both countries made it possible to resume operations to Georgia for S7 Airlines. According to the authorities S7 Airlines can operate the flights under the equal terms with Georgian Airways. In summer 2010 each airline will operate flights between Moscow and Tbilisi three times a week.

S7 Airlines is an authorized air carrier to Georgia from Moscow to Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi. In the view of total resume of air traffic between the countries S7 Airlines would like to consider opportunities to start operations to Kutaisi and Batumi.

In 2008 before the air traffic between Georgia and Russia was discontinued S7 Airlines had been operating its flights to these cities on a regular basis.

The flights will be performed with the following schedule:

S7 Airlines is the largest domestic airline in Russia in 2009 and rates among the Top-50 of the world air carriers by this segment. S7 Airlines is part of S7 Group.

In 2007 the company received an IATA official notification on its registration in IOSA operators register (IATA Operational Safety Audit) and became the second Russian air carrier to close the international audit for compliance with the operational safety standards.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport of Russia. Its market share in total passenger traffic in Moscow Aviation Hub makes 46%. At the moment 76 partner airlines (47 foreign including 12 representing the CIS States and 28 Russian) connecting over 233 destinations operate flights all over the world. The unique route network covered by Domodedovo partner airlines provides for 93 exclusive destinations. In 2009 18,7 million passengers benefited from Domodedovo services.