ArmInfo. From June 15, Nordwind Airlines will start operating transit flights from Simferopol International Airport to Yerevan and back with a connection in Vladikavkaz. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the press service of the Crimean air hub. Flights will be operated on Embraer E190 aircraft once a week on Tuesdays until October 26. The total travel time will be about five hours.
"Direct flights between Simferopol and Vladikavkaz will begin to operate for the first time in modern history. After their launch, the geography of flights to Crimea will expand to a record 63 destinations," the press service noted.
According to Sergey Dyaykin, Commercial Director of Simferopol International Airport LLC, the flights will be of interest to passengers traveling from Simferopol to the capital of Armenia. Convenient connection in Vladikavkaz provides the fastest and most comfortable flight in this direction. As the website RIA Novosti Crimea reported earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the issue of direct flights with Crimea was "being worked out", which provoked a violent reaction from Ukraine. The country's Foreign Ministry has promised to impose sanctions if at least one Belarusian aircraft "touches the ground" on the territory of the Russian peninsula. In turn, Minsk warned that Kiev would receive equally sensitive restrictions in response.