Orenburzhie airlines wants to fly Arkhangelsk-Murmansk-Tromsø

Official from Murmansk airport confirms talks are going on with Orenburzhie airline on possible flights from Arkhangelsk, via Murmansk to Tromsø, the online newspaper B-Port reports.  

Aleksandr Arkhipov, Head of the Aviation business at Murmansk airport says to B-Port that Orenburzhie airline in November plans to start flights between Arkhangelsk and Murmansk with a small 17-seats propeller.  

«In addition, the airline plans to resume the historic flights from Arkhangelsk-Murmansk-Tromsø. In the near future the airliner will negotiate on the terms of opening this flight. We hope the flights will be opened, if not in the winter season, during a year,» Aleksandr Arkhipov says.

The route was operated for more than 20 years, but closed down in October 2014 after a troubled dispute with Norwegian aviation authorities on the terms of license for the Pskovavia operated An-24 aircrafts. 

The 17-seats A-410 propeller planned for this autumns Arkhangelsk-Murmansk flight is a Czech Republic built aircraft. 

Construction of a new terminal at Murmansk airport is set to start in 2018.

Today, Orenburzhie airline operates flight in southern Russia on routes like Sochi, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Anapa and Crimea.

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