A direct long-haul flight to Vladivostok is for the first time opening from Koltsovo international airport (part of the Airports of Regions holding). Starting on November 18 Urals Airlines will operate flights between Yekaterinburg and the international airport of Vladivostok both ways every Monday.
The departure from Yekaterinburg is scheduled for 15:50; from Vladivostok – for 05:30 (local time). The traveling time will exceed 7 hours. Flights will be performed by Airbus A320neo seating 188 passengers.
Vladivostok is the biggest seaport in the east of Russia, a center of science, education and culture in Russia’s Far East. Having the population of over 600,000, the city is famous for magnificent landscapes of Russky Island and Golden Horn Bay. Among the remarkable sights in the heart of Primorsky Territory are Russky and Golden cable-stayed bridges which are in the TOP-5 largest cable-braced bridges in the world. Vladivostok is one of the business activity centers in Primorsky Territory, with the Eastern Economic Forum held here every year in September.