DONAVIA TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF FLIGHTS TO ARMENIA AND TURKEY FROM THE AIRPORT OF SOCHI

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2010-03-24

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, ARMENPRESS: Donavia airline will increase the
frequency of flights to Yerevan and Gyumri, as well as to Istanbul
from the airport of Sochi in 2010 spring-summer season. Dmitry
Bakulin, press secretary of the airline, told RIA Novosti that
Sochi-Istanbul-Sochi and Sochi-Yerevan-Sochi flights will be performed
three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from March 29
to October 29.

Donavia provides regular flights to Istanbul, Yerevan and Gyumri
from the airport in Rostov-on-Don. Before changes in the timetable
the flights were performed on other days and less frequently.

Till September 25, 2009 the company was called Aeroflot-Don. Donavia
performs regular and charter passenger and cargo flights to
destinations in Russia, Europe, Asia and Africa from airports of
Rostov-on-Don, Moscow and Sochi. Today, Donavia is the biggest
carrier in the Russian South. It was established March 30, 2010 and
is based in Rostov-on-Don. In 2008, Donavia performed 13,122 flights
and carried 1,314.4 thousand passengers. Donavia performs own direct
flights inside and outside Russia, to Europe, Asia and Africa.

Typically, up to 20 routes are covered by regular flights throughout
a season, plus up to 20 routes covered by charter flights.