Due to protracted restrictions in Moscow from Pulkovo canceled nine flights
On the night of October 9, Moscow airports Vnukovo and Domodedovo introduced temporary restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft. Because of this, nine flights from St. Petersburg Pulkovo were canceled. This became known from the online scoreboard data.
On the night of October 9, Moscow airports Vnukovo and Domodedovo introduced temporary restrictions on the reception and release of aircraft. Because of this, nine flights from St. Petersburg Pulkovo were canceled. This became known from the online scoreboard data.
The sky in Vnukovo was closed tonight at 00:23, in Domodedovo around midnight. The measures lasted about seven hours and were necessary to ensure flight safety. They weren't taken off until seven in the morning.
According to the online scoreboard, nine flights were canceled from Pulkovo: seven to Vnukovo, one each to Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo. Three more flights were delayed. To St. Petersburg from Moscow canceled only one flight to Domodedovo at 11:05.
Also, according to Rosaviation, due to restrictions, more than ten aircraft flying to Moscow went to spare airfields. Some of them landed in St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Minsk. Several airliners from Turkey turned in the air and returned to the airports of departure.
