News (January, 2004)

Today the representatives of Lufthanza Technik AG and Siberia Airlines met the management of Children's city hospital No. 6. The Lufthanza Technik's and Siberia Airlines have recently rendered assistance to the hospital in procurement of Reo-Specter-2 computer rheograph to be installed in the room for functional diagnostics and some computer equipment for U-sound diagnostics room.

Siberia Airlines began implementation of its German program for the year 2004. At the peak of the summer season the company will operate over 50 flights per week to six German cities (Frankfurt-on-Main, Hanover, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig) from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Barnaul and Kemerovo.

Siberia Airlines has drawn the preliminary results of its operation in 2003. Over the past year, the company had made 24,000 flights, which carried 3.4 mln passengers and 21,000 tons of cargo and mail. Provisionally, the share of Siberia Airlines in overall Russia's traffic was over 13%. In 2003, Siberia Airlines has introduced 15 new regular flights and fortified its position as the second largest air carrier in Russia and the first one-on domestic routes.

The first morning flight Moscow-Mineralnye Vody will be introduced by Siberia Airlines on January 19 in addition to its regular day-time flights. S7 1215 flight will be operated from Moscow five times a week by Tu-154 aircraft with economic and business class salon, with departure from Moscow at 9:00 a.m. and arrival in Mineralnye Vody at 11:10 a.m. The S7 1216 return flight will depart at 12:40 p.m. (on Mondays - at 1:10p.m.). In the future the flight is planned to be operated on a daily basis.

Starting January 25 daily morning flights by Siberia Airlines will be supplemented by its first night flight Barnaul - Moscow. S7 192 flight from Barnaul will be operated by Tu-154 having economy and business-class salon, with the departure time at 7.55 p.m. and arrival in Moscow at 9:05 p.m. The S7 191 flight will leave Moscow at 11:15 a.m. and arrive in Barnaul at 6:15 p.m., local time. From February 2004 the flight will be operated three times a week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday).