Russian airports are collapsing again – again due to drones.
Moscow airports at night Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo и Zhukovsky were closed to the release and receipt of aircraft. According to the Ministry of Defense, 23 drones were shot down over the Moscow region between 07:20 PM and 23:00 AM.
🔸 At Sheremetyevo, more than 170 flights were canceled and over 300 were delayed from midnight and throughout the day. At Vnukovo, 24 flights were canceled and 120 were delayed. At Domodedovo, two flights were canceled and 43 were delayed. At Zhukovsky, nine flights were delayed.
Due to temporary restrictions on takeoffs and landings at Moscow airports, St. Petersburg Pulkovo has already received at least 22 flights diverted to St. Petersburg.
🔸 Passengers should be prepared for longer wait times for departure and arrival flights, Sheremetyevo warned. Aeroflot ticket offices at the airport are temporarily not offering refunds or rebookings, the company warned.
🔸 At the airport Nizhny Novgorod 1500 people were stranded due to flight delays. These included passengers who were rerouted after the introduction of the "Carpet" plan in Moscow.
Nizhny Novgorod Airport was also closed from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. It is now operating normally.
🔸 At the airport Sochi More than 30 flights are delayed. Also due to temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures.
🔸 In Chelyabinsk Six flights to the capital were cancelled and two were delayed.
🔸 In Kazan airport The flight to Moscow was delayed by six hours.
🔸 The Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor's Office reported that today Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Sakhalin Nine flights to Moscow were delayed. More than 2,7 passengers are awaiting departure.
