32 flights delayed at Sochi airport, waiting time reaches 29 hours

32 flights are delayed at Sochi International Airport - 15 for departure and 17 for arrival. Such data follows from the online scoreboard of the air harbor.

Among the departure flights, delays affected destinations to St. Petersburg, Perm, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Tel Aviv and Novosibirsk - one flight in each direction. Two more flights are delayed to Moscow, Izhevsk and Kazan, three to Yekaterinburg.

The waiting time for departure is from less than an hour to 21 hours.

Flights from Perm, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Ufa and Moscow are delayed for arrival - one from each city. Two flights are expected from Batumi, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. Three more were detained from Yekaterinburg and Izhevsk.

Delays on arriving aircraft range from less than an hour to 29 hours.

Rosaviatsiya has repeatedly imposed temporary restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft in Sochi and other Russian airports. The last time on the eve of restrictions in the Sochi air harbor operated from 12:26 to 13:32 Moscow time.

In order to ensure flight safety, restrictions were also introduced at the airports of Krasnodar and Gelendzhik.

Passengers are advised to check the status of their flight on the online scoreboard and check with the airlines.

Earlier it was reported that the wreckage of the drone fell on the territory of the airport and private homes in Sochi.