Aeroflot may be left without flights in Mineral Waters

Aeroflot forced to abandon the flight on the route Moscow - Mineral Waters in starting operations on October 31 winter schedule. The reason was another delay in the airport certification of Mineral Waters for the reception of foreign aircraft. Certification to the owner of the airport is not interested - the local airline Kavminvodyavia ", which eventually will get a monopoly position in an advantageous route Moscow last year, after the cessation of operation of Aeroflot's own Tu-154 flying company in Mineral Waters are made on the Tu-154 child carrier" Donavia. However, with the current winter of Soviet aircraft, the company refuses, and - in its park leaving only Boeing 737 aircraft. Neither the plane nor the Aeroflot Airbus A320 family of airliners can not be regularly taken in Mineral Waters, although the Airbus A319 and performed there a test flight in the summer. Reconstruction of the runway has been ongoing for several years, but its quick completion and certification to receive modern planes are disadvantageous to the owner the airport. The situation is even more absurd, that "Kavminvodyavia" - the company state. We recall that two years ago due to the failure of the operation of the Tu-154 was forced to stop flights in the mineral water and other strong competitor "Kavminvodyavia - Siberia Airlines" (S7 Airlines). Can not open the flight there and a number of other companies without the old Soviet aircraft, including "Transaero", "Avianova", Sky Express and others. In addition to "Kavminvodyavia and Donavia, the route Moscow - Mineral Water now serves only UTair - the only major carrier that maintains its medium-range Soviet aircraft park. And UTair able to begin flights in Mineral Water only after the intervention of FAS - Kavminvodyavia "actively opposed the arrival of a competitor, refusing to agree on slots. However, Aeroflot is unlikely to remain entirely without this direction. Because after the decision to transfer the national carrier of other large state-owned Aeroflot, has an influence on policy "Kavminvodyavia, now solved the problem on the last flight to Sheremetyevo (currently one of its flight is made from Domodedovo and Vnukovo two). Apparently, on October 31 tickets, Aeroflot can fly on the flights "Kavminvodyavia. The number and schedule of flights, if they can arrange (or transferred from other Moscow airports), are not yet known.