SOCHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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'Sochi International Airport' (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Сочи) is an airport located in Adler District of the resort city of Sochi situated at the Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
The airport serves primarily Russian holiday makers on their way to resorts in the Greater Sochi area, Russia's top domestic leisure destination. Approximately 1.35 million passengers used the airport in 2006 (10,4% growth over 2005).
The airport is likely to see significant growth in traffic in the coming years as tourist infrastructure in the Greater Sochi area expands in preparation for 2014 Winter Olympics.
On 20 November 2006 the airport was auctioned to the Kremlin-linked^[1] oligarch Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element group for 5.5 bn roubles (about $206.6 mn).^[2] Deripaska is also a member of the committee organising Sochi's bid for the Winter Olympics.^[3]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

References

External links

Airlines and destinations

★ Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Frankfurt)

★ Aeroflot-Don (Dubai, Frankfurt, Gyumri, Istanbul-Ataturk, Rostov-on-Don)

★ Armavia (Yerevan)

★ Chernomor Avia

★ Domodedovo Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)

★ Gazpromavia (Moscow-Vnukovo, Belgrade)

★ Karat (Moscow-Domodedovo)

★ Kavminvodyavia (Mineralnye Vody)

★ KrasAir (Krasnoyarsk, Moscow-Domodedovo)

★ Kuban Airlines (Krasnodar, Moscow-Vnukovo)

★ Perm Airlines (Perm)

★ Polet Airlines (Voronezh)

★ Rossiya (Moscow-Vnukovo, St. Petersburg-Pulkovo)

★ S7 Airlines (Chelyabinsk, Kemerovo, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk [seasonal], Omsk, Perm, St. Petersburg, Tomsk, Ufa)

★ Sky Express (Moscow-Vnukovo)

★ Tatarstan Airlines (Kazan)

★ Tbilaviamsheni (Tbilisi)

★ Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)

★ Ural Airlines (Ekaterinburg)

★ UTair (Moscow-Vnukovo, Tyumen, Yerevan)

★ VIM Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)

★ Vladivostok Avia (Moscow-Vnukovo)

★ Voronezhavia (Voronezh)

★ Yakutia Airlines (Yakutsk)
Austrian (part of Austrian Airlines Group) is currently planning to start a flight connection between its main base Vienna International Airport and Sochi.

Incidents and accidents

On May 3, 2006, an Armavia Airbus A320 operating Armavia Flight 967 crashed in the Black Sea en route from Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport to Sochi. The airplane crashed into the sea while attempting to conduct a go-around following its first approach to Sochi airport, killing all 113 aboard. The accident was the first major commercial airline crash in 2006.

References

1. cbcnews: ''Magna's Stronach welcomes Russian partner''. Retrieved on July 7, 2007.
2. RIA Novosti: ''Russia's Basic Element buys Sochi Airport for 6.6 mln''. Retrieved on July 7, 2007.
3. News.rin.ru: ''Deripaska enters committee on promotion of Sochi for hosting Olympiad''. Retrieved on July 7, 2007.


★ Sochi Destinations

★ Sochi Airport at Russian Airports Database

External links

★ Official site (in Russian)

★ Great Circle Mapper: AER / URSS - Adler, Sochi, Russian Federation (Russia)

★ World Aero Data airport information for URSS

★ ASN Accident history for URSS

★ Historical Weather Records for Adler