The closure of Russian airports following drone assaults on 6–7 Might disrupted journey plans for at the least 60,000 passengers and affected at the least 350 flights.
Supply: The Moscow Instances, citing knowledge from the Affiliation of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR)
Particulars: ATOR warned that "this delay will set off additional delays like a domino impact" and urged residents to examine the standing of their flights.
At Vnukovo Airport alone, round 50 flights had been cancelled and over 45 delayed by greater than an hour. Forty-three planes had been diverted to different airports together with Pulkovo, Mineralnye Vody, Ufa, Perm, Saratov and others. At Sheremetyevo Airport, about 100 flights had been cancelled and at the least 50 delayed. Domodedovo Airport cancelled 20 departures, with greater than 70 arrivals delayed.
The air site visitors restrictions prolonged past Moscow, affecting Sochi, Kazan, Kirov, Nizhnekamsk, Kaluga, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Tambov and different cities. As well as, over 30 cities within the central a part of Russia skilled web disruptions.
Airways together with Aeroflot, Rossiya, Pobeda, S7, Ural Airways, Nordwind, NordStar and Azur Air introduced flight consolidations or cancellations.
Background:
- A number of Russian airways cancelled dozens of flights on 7 Might following drone strikes on Russia.
- On the evening of 6–7 Might, drones attacked defence business services in a number of Russian oblasts, inflicting main fires.
- Earlier, Russian authorities claimed that their air defence supposedly downed seven drones flying in the direction of the town of Moscow on the evening of 6-7 Might. Because of the drone menace, Sheremetyevo Airport was additionally briefly closed.
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