Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Novosibirsk became the most popular flight destinations at Simferopol airport in six months. The leader in the number of passengers transported to and out of Crimea is Ural Airlines. In total, in January-June, the air harbor served more than 19 thousand arriving and departing regular passenger flights.
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"Passenger traffic at Simferopol airport this year shows a stable growth since March. In May and June, traffic reached record levels in the history of the Crimean air harbor. The route network for the first time in modern history has expanded to 63 destinations. Operating under record traffic conditions, Simferopol Airport satisfied all the airlines' requests as much as possible, providing residents of other regions of Russia with the opportunity to fly to Crimea on vacation with convenient direct flights," the airport's Director-General Evgeniy Plaksin said.
