DONAVIA to increase the frequency of flights to Armenia and Turkey from the airport of Sochi
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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.