OREANDA-NEWS. The partner of Novosibirsk International Airport Angara Airlines starts operating direct regular flights to Polyarny airport (Udachny, Yakutia). Flights will be performed on a weekly basis each Wednesday on An-148-100E aircraft. Departure time from Novosibirsk is 09:45 a.m., from Polyarny airport – at 05:00 p.m. (local time for each airport is implied). Travel time makes up 3 hours.

Besides Angara Airlines flights to Polyarny airport are operated by ALROSA Airlines twice per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays (Friday flight is expected to be added in May). Increase of flight frequency on this route will allow residents of the northern regions of Russia to use NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport as an accessible connecting air hub for further travel across Russia and abroad.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The domestic airline capacity makes up 1,800 passengers per hour, on international flights – 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways. In 2013 it expects to serve over 3.7 million passengers. The airport has been nominated for World Routes Awards in the category “The Best Airport of CIS 2012”.