Scheduled services betweenSamara and one of the most popular domestic resorts, Sochi will resume this summer. These flightswill be operated by 4 different airlines: Orenair, Kavminvodyavia, Kuban Airlines, and UTair. UTair startsto fly from Samara to Sochi 5 times a week atthe end of March, but also plans to operate scheduled services to other resortsof Krasnodarsky Kray, such as Anapa and Krasnodar.The carrier is also expected to operate regular flights this summer to Saint Petersburg, thedestination already served by Rossiya Airlines.
Moreover, during the 2010summer period, the following airlines have added frequencies to relatively newdestinations to their scheduled domestic services: Kavminvodyavia to Irkutsk and Yakutsk in Eastern Siberia and Krasavia to Novosibirskand Krasnoyarsk.
Starting March 29, Kurumoch Airport offers passengers departing from Samara anumber of scheduled flights, operated by leading Russian airlines but also bynational carriers from the CIS countries, to the cities of Azerbaijan, Tajikistan,Armenia, and Uzbekistan.
This summer Kurumoch Airportcontinues its successful cooperation with an Italian low cost airline Wind Jetoffering scheduled direct service from Samara to Forli,a city in Emilia-Romagnia, Italy, with further connecting flights to Palermo and Catania.
KurumochAirport’s summer sun charter networkis expanded with the addition of Monastir (Tunisia),Barcelona (Spain),Rhodes and Iraklion (Greece),Pula (Croatia),and Tivat (Montenegro).
The new summer flight timetable becomes effective from March 28, 2010.