Neuigkeiten (März, 2003)

On 28th of March new Siberia Airlines flight S7-891/892 Moscow – Dusseldorf – Moscow will be launched. In future flights on this route will be performed on Sunday; departure from Moscow (Domodedovo airport) is at 12.10, from Dusseldorf – at 14.20. From July till September the flights will be carried out twice a week (on Wednesday and Sunday).

Starting from 30th of March Siberia Airlines will launch flights according to summer schedule of 2003, which will be valid till 25th of October. The main feature of the summer schedule for this year is systematic development of the company route net from three hubs (hub airports) in Moscow, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk. From each hub series of new regular flights are planned to be open which are comfortably jointed with the other flights. Frequency of flights for some directions will be increased as well. Such scheme will make it possible to suggest the passengers the convenient route net, which interconnects different Russian regions, neighboring and foreign countries, embracing the major part of Russian territory. Number of cities to which Siberia Airlines will perform its scheduled flights, will be increased compared to the last year in 20%, up to 48 cities, and during the peak period (July-August) number of Siberia Airlines regular flights will run up to 300 flights a week.

In February 2003 Siberia Airlines performed 1 260 flights, by which they carried 146, 1 thousand passengers (increase in comparison with February 2002 made up 26,3%), and 1 516 tones of goods and mail (on the level of the last year).

From May, 7 Siberia Airlines launches regular flight C7 1021/1022 on the route Novosibirsk – Surgut. Flights on new direction will be performed twice a week, on Monday and on Friday (flight from Novosibirsk is at 12:30, starting from Surgut is at 14:35). Flights will be carried out by mainline liners TU-154 with modified lay-out, meant for 148 passenger seats, including 8 seats in business class cabin.