OREANDA-NEWS. Following a two-year suspension of operations, SCAT Airlines, the partner of NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport, resumes its regular air service from Novosibirsk to Ust Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan.

Flights on this route will commence June 11, 2014, with the frequency of two weekly flights, on Wednesdays and Sundays, operated on CRJ-200 aircraft. Departure time from Novosibirsk is 04:10 p.m. each Wednesday and 03:50 p.m. each Sunday. Departure time from Ust Kamenogorsk is 12:20 p.m. on the same days. Local time applies.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub in Russia east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The capacity of domestic terminal makes up to 1,800 passengers per hour, while the international terminal capacity - up to 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways of ICAO I and II Categories. In 2013 the passenger traffic exceeded 3.7 mln passengers and cargo traffic totalled 29.9 thousand tons of cargo and mail handled. In 2014 the airport expects to serve 4.2 mln passengers and handle over 32 thousand tons of cargo and mail.

SCAT Airlines is one of the largest air companies in Kazakhstan. Established in 1997, the airline operates an extensive network within CIS and Central Asia which comprises more than 80 domestic and international air routes. Annually, the company offers up to ten new destinations with the average passenger traffic increase by 40%. Today the company's fleet mainly consists of medium haul Boeing and Bombardier aircraft.