UrBC, Yekaterinburg, May 18, 2016. Ural Airlines will operate more flights to the Crimea this summer, the air carrier’s press service reports. For one, a new flight will be available from Astrakhan.

Astrakhan-Simferopol flights will be operated every Tuesday starting from May 31, 2016. On the same day, the air carrier will also resume its Kirov-Simferopol flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

‘The Crimea as a summer holiday destination is a great opportunity to enjoy the magnificent landscapes and climate of the peninsula as well as to rest, mentally and physically, at local health resorts. The place offers over 300km worth of beaches and service comparable with that one finds in Europe,’ the press service says.

This summer, Ural Airlines will also operate flights to Simferopol from Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Murmansk, Sochi, Chelyabinsk, Barnaul, Kazan, and other locations.