18 planes flying to St. Petersburg were sent to alternative airports due to bad weather conditions. writes about this RIA News referring to the transport prosecutor’s office.
The ministry also checked compliance with passengers’ rights, providing them with drinks, food and hotel accommodation.
Due to adverse weather conditions, St. Flight sending and receiving at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport has been temporarily suspended. As the press service of the North-West Transport Prosecutor’s Office reported on its Telegram channel, 18 planes scheduled to arrive in the city were diverted to alternative airports.
Delayed flights include flights to Novosibirsk, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Nizhnevartovsk, Perm, Surgut and Chelyabinsk.
At the same time, planes taking off were stranded in Pulkovo. According to passengers, not one of them can get to Kaliningrad for two and a half hours. Due to the current situation, passengers are not allowed to get off the plane while waiting to exit the airport.
Later the Pulkovo press service reported: “socialbites.ca”Writing on Telegram channels denying the fact that the airport was closed but confirming the difficult weather conditions in the region.
Previously reportedthat birds hit Russian planes more often.