OREANDA-NEWS. NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport extended its summer flight schedule with regular flights from Novosibirsk to Sochi performed by one of its partners Donavia airlines.

Departure time from Novosibirsk is 06:00 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Travel time makes up 4 hours 55 minutes. Return flights from Sochi are performed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 09:30 p.m. Travel time totals 4 hours 25 minutes (local time for each airport is implied). Flights are operated on Airbus A319 aircraft.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub in Russia 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”.

DONAVIA JSC is a subsidiary of AEROFLOT - Russian Airlines JSC with its base airports in Rostov-upon-Don and Mineralnye Vody. Its fleet comprises Boeing 737-500, Boeing 737-400 and Airbus A319-100 aircraft. In 2012 Donavia airlines operated 11,389 flights with 985,682 passengers served and 1,515.7 tons of cargo and mail handled in total.