Kuban Airlines to start Krasnodar – Gyumri Service

Russian carrier Kuban Airlines is to launch a twice weekly connection from its Krasnodar base to Gyumri in Armenia. The new service will be launched on a weekly basis from April 28 and will be operated under a codeshare arrangement with Armavia. The second rotation will be introduced from May 24, with both flights scheduled to be operated by Boeing 737.

Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia and has an economy centred on the construction, tourism and banking sectors, with particular skills in the production of building materials, yarn and textile manufacturing. It is currently linked to three destinations in Russia – Moscow Domodedovo is served by Vim Airlines, Rostov-on-Don by Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Donavia and Adler/Sochi by Donavia.

Approximately one milllion O&D passengers travelled between Russia and Armenia in the year ending January 2011, with around 56,000 travelling directly to Gyumri.

Schedule:

GW381/U88381 KRR1700 – 1920LWN 737 4
GW381/U88381 KRR1830 – 2050LWN 737 2 24MAY11-
GW382/U88382 LWN2100 – 2130KRR 737 4
GW382/U88382 LWN2200 – 2230KRR 737 2 24MAY11-

Schedule Source: Airline Route

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NOTE: Schedule data extracted from Flightbase for week commencing May 14, 2011; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending January 2011.