The demand for flights to Gelendzhik has increased 40-fold due to the opening of the airport

The demand for flights to Gelendzhik increased 40-fold in the first days after the announcement of the airport's imminent opening, and the number of requests for holidays in this resort city doubled, representatives of the tourism industry told Izvestia.

Gelendzhik airport has opened: how will it affect the growth of tourist flow

Demand for air tickets to the seaside is growing amid news about the opening of the airport in Gelendzhik

Regular flights to Gelendzhik from Moscow will start on July 18, and Aeroflot will operate them only during daylight hours. Further flights are scheduled for July 20 and 23, and from July 25 they will become daily. From August 6, a second flight will be added, which will be operated every day from August 8 to mid-September. The flight time will be about four hours.

Almost all tickets for the first flights were sold out in a few hours. The cost started from 21 thousand rubles for a flight to Gelendzhik, and from 8.5 thousand rubles back. It's more expensive than in Sochi, but the airport wasn't closed there, so there's a lot of competition among airlines.

In addition to Aeroflot, negotiations are underway in Gelendzhik with other carriers. S7, for example, noted that they are going to resume flights to the resort city from Novosibirsk and Moscow from August 7 and 8, respectively.

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