RUSSIAN AIRLINE RESUMES CHARTER FLIGHTS TO TBILISI
Moscow, August 23 (AZERTAC). The flight by the Sibir airline from Moscow to Tbilisi on Monday, the first in the past two years, was packed. "Some 80 percent of tickets were sold for the first charter flight," Sibir spokeswoman Irina Kolesnikova told Itar-Tass.
The plane flew from Moscow`s Domodedovo airport at 10:40, Moscow time. It will return from Tbilisi to the Russian capital later on Monday.
"All the tickets for the return flight have been sold," Kolesnikova said adding that the trend would continue for subsequent flights.
Direct flights certainly look more attractive that bypass routes with stopovers in Yerevan, Kiev, Riga or Baku, she added.
Passengers will be able to fly with Sibir`s A-319 to Tbilisi on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
"The flights, on parity basis with Georgia`s Airzena airline, resumed after the aviation authorities of the two countries have issued reciprocal permissions," Kolesnikova said.
The Rosaviatsiya Federal Air Transport Agency said "the permission to launch the charter program is not "even a partial resumption of regular air service between Moscow and Tbilisi."
Airzena made its first charter flight from Tbilisi to Moscow and back last Friday, August 20. Until then, Georgian planes were allowed to make three charter flights to Moscow in January 2010, five flights in April, and from May 24 until August 1, they made two to three flights a week.
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