MOSCOW, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- About 2,000 passengers are stuck at the Domodedovo airport in Moscow, an Itar-Tass correspondent reports after having waited for his flight to departure for several hours.
Most flights, which were due to departure on Saturday, are delayed like those scheduled to leave the first hours following midnight on Sunday. The airport representatives claim the poor visibility is the reason.
Passengers, leaving for Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Rimini, Bishkek, Tivat, Podgorica, Kerkyra, Hujand, Alma-Ata, Astana and many other destinations, have to wait for boarding. They passed the passport control and have entered the so-called clear zone, from where the boarding should be done. However, they have been waiting for over five hours, but the air companies would not offer either beverages or food or accommodation to them.
Besides, there are no free seats left in the airport lounges. Thousands of people, some of them with children, have to sit and sleep on the floor.
A Moscow - Sharm el-Sheikh flight /operated by Transaero/ was scheduled to departure at 17:25 Moscow time, but the passengers still wait for boarding. The air company only once gave 300-roubles food vouchers to the passengers at 22:00, and has not offered water or more food or any accommodation since then.
On Saturday morning, the heavy smog in Moscow affected the work of the airport. At 14:30, when the visibility was reported to make 1.3 kilometres, the airport announced it resumed normal work. Domodedovo’s representative Elena Galanova said then that “all departures and arrivals are made without delays.”
According to Rosaviatsia agency, from Saturday morning, 14 arriving flights were delayed and 29 departing one /six of them landed at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow/.
During the day of Saturday, the crews had to make decisions on landing or departure themselves depending on weather conditions. Over ten flights had to land at different alternative airports.
Most flights, which were due to departure on Saturday, are delayed like those scheduled to leave the first hours following midnight on Sunday. The airport representatives claim the poor visibility is the reason.
Passengers, leaving for Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Rimini, Bishkek, Tivat, Podgorica, Kerkyra, Hujand, Alma-Ata, Astana and many other destinations, have to wait for boarding. They passed the passport control and have entered the so-called clear zone, from where the boarding should be done. However, they have been waiting for over five hours, but the air companies would not offer either beverages or food or accommodation to them.
Besides, there are no free seats left in the airport lounges. Thousands of people, some of them with children, have to sit and sleep on the floor.
A Moscow - Sharm el-Sheikh flight /operated by Transaero/ was scheduled to departure at 17:25 Moscow time, but the passengers still wait for boarding. The air company only once gave 300-roubles food vouchers to the passengers at 22:00, and has not offered water or more food or any accommodation since then.
On Saturday morning, the heavy smog in Moscow affected the work of the airport. At 14:30, when the visibility was reported to make 1.3 kilometres, the airport announced it resumed normal work. Domodedovo’s representative Elena Galanova said then that “all departures and arrivals are made without delays.”
According to Rosaviatsia agency, from Saturday morning, 14 arriving flights were delayed and 29 departing one /six of them landed at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow/.
During the day of Saturday, the crews had to make decisions on landing or departure themselves depending on weather conditions. Over ten flights had to land at different alternative airports.
