16 March 200612:14

Turkish airlines to perform Yekaterinburg-Istanbul flights starting March 26

Turkish airlines will perform Yekaterinburg-Istanbul flights starting March 26, 2006. According to the spokesperson for Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg, Turk Hava Yollaru will perform two flights a week (Mondays and Thursdays) using A-320 aircrafts; the agreement is now being finalized.

‘The other companies who said they wanted to fly to Yekaterinburg haven’t yet applied for the slots; thus, we’re still waiting to hear from Finnish Airlines and Malev; we’ve also been negotiating with the Chinese Public Airlines that is considering flights to Yekaterinburg,’ the company’s spokesperson Yulia Fedotova reports.

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First Yekaterinburg flight of Turkish Airlines takes only 7 passengers to Istanbul

On April 27, 2006, Turkish Airlines launched the scheduled flights from Yekaterinburg to Istanbul. A-320 aircrafts of the company are to fly to Istanbul twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. The first Yekaterinburg flight of Turkish Airlines took only 7 passengers, the spokesperson for Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg said to UrBC representative. ‘Turkish Airlines launched their flights almost without advertising them. We expect the subsequent flights to be used by Yekaterinburg passengers at their full capacity,’ indicated Yulia Fedotova, the PR-Director of Koltsovo Airport JSC.

03 February 200619:41

Koltsovo airport refuses Moscow-bound slots to Siberia Airlines

Says Koltsovo airport spokesperson Yulia Fedotova: ‘Siberia Airlines applied for a permission to perform Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights via our airport in the end of 2005. Yet in mid-January 2006 Koltsovo decided to refuse them the slots they needed.’ Ms Fedotova explained that the arrival of one more carrier onto Moscow-bound market would hardly be expedient. Koltsovo airport specialists had estimated that 250,998 people traveled from Yekaterinburg to Moscow via 3,290 flights performed by Ural Airlines, Aeroflot, Transaero using TU-154, TU-134, IL-86, Airbus 320, and Boeing 737. 2, 921 flights

12 January 200619:41

New carriers to arrange Yekaterinburg-Moscow flights

According to Yulia Fedorova, Koltsovo airport spokesperson, two Moscow carriers applied for regular flights between Moscow and Yekaterinburg in the end of 2005. ‘However, the decision on whether to give them any slots hasn’t been arrived at yet. Such flights are currently performed by three airlines, and two more carriers mean the arrival of fierce competition, especially given that large airlines can afford lower-than-the-market prices.’ Ms Fedotova notes that there have also been applications from some foreign carriers, an Austrian airline (scheduled to start operating in April 2006), a

13 January 200619:41

Austrian Airlines to perform Yekaterinburg-Vienna flights starting April 2006

Austrian Airlines are going to set up their subsidiary in Yekaterinburg, with the official presentation taking place in the Atrium Palace Hotel on January 19. President of Austrian Airlines Group is expected to be present. As the spokesperson for Koltsovo Airport told the agency’s representative, Austrian Airlines will be performing Yekaterinburg-Vienna flights starting April 2006.

18 January 200619:41

Austrian Airlines to do Vienna-Yekaterinburg flights on regular three-times-per-week basis

Austrian Airlines will start performing regular Vienna-Yekaterinburg flights on March 27, 2006. There are going to be three flights per week offered on even weekdays. The slots needed have already been reserved for the company by Koltsovo airport. According to the carrier’s spokesperson Ivan Trukhin, flights will be performed using Boeing 737 aircrafts fit for 130 people. An official Austrian Airlines representative office will start operating on February 1, 2006.