‘We haven’t had people returning tickets destined for Britain so far, and it’s hard to say whether they will start doing so in the nearest future,’ said the spokesperson for Aeroflot JSC Irina Dannenberg when asked about the possible consequences of the recent incident at Heathrow: according to Skynews, three people suspected of terrorist activity were detained in the airport yesterday.

Ural Airlines JSC and Lufthansa Technik signed a cooperation agreement on August 10, 2006. The agreement has to do with supplying airplane parts for foreign aircraft and is valid for five years, reports the spokesperson for Ural Airlines JSC.

‘Due to the incident at Heathrow airport on August 10, 2006, the British Government had to issue some recommendations to all carriers that perform transit flights using the airport; they apply to transit visitors only, so a person flying from, say, Yekaterinburg to London will not have to observe any regulations,’ the spokesperson for British Airways in Yekaterinburg Maria Shlyachtova said to UrBC representative. The recommendations state that all passengers flying from Heathrow shall not take any cabin luggage with them, except for flight documents, wallets, glasses without a case, lenses

The new terminal is to be introduced in Koltsovo airport, Yekaterinburg, on August 14, 2006. The opening ceremony will be attended by the Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel, General Director of Koltsovo Airport JSC Mikhail Maximov, and representatives of public authorities and large regional enterprises. ‘The capacity of the new terminal is estimated at sixty passengers per hour; it is meant for both business and economy class passengers using domestic and international flights. The terminal is located in the old Soviet neoclassical building with pillars and a broach, which cost 100

Subscribers of MegaFon-Ural cellular communication network can now receive automatic settings for ‘WAP access through GPRS’ and ‘Multimedia messaging (MMS)’ services via short messages (SMS) free of charge. The automatic settings system can support the following three request interfaces: SIM, WEB and SMS. Initially, MegaFon-Ural subscribers could receive the automatic settings through SIM and WEB, but not via SMS. SIM and SMS interfaces identify the type of the subscriber’s mobile phone. Therefore, to obtain WAP and MMS settings, the subscriber can simply select ‘receive all settings’ item of

The 1st International Conference ‘Bank cards – effective business’ is to be held in Moscow on August 14 and 15, 2006. The conference will be visited by about 100 executives and top-mangers of Russian banks. SKB-Bank JSC representatives have already declared their intention to participate in the conference. The conference is sponsored by Association of Regional Banks of Russia and by Finance-Media Company. The participants are going to discuss the role and place of bankcard projects in the realization of Electronic Russia Federal Program in the years 2002-2010, the problems of retail cashless

SKB-Bank JSC has set up its 15th office in Yekaterinburg. The new office is situated in Khimmash, the south district of Yekaterinburg, and is named after its location – Khimmashevsky. It offers the full range of high-quality consumer-friendly bank services for both legal entities and natural persons. Khimmashevsky services individual clients from 9 AM to 7 PM on Monday through Friday and from 9 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, without a lunch break. Businesses are serviced from 9 AM to 4 PM on Monday through Friday. Within the nearest future, the branch network of SKB-Bank in