Smog leads to record number of airline departures from Moscow in one day
A record number of passengers since the beginning of 2010 departed Moscow on August 8 amid heavy smog in the city, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, said on Monday.
Moscow's airports faced their first problems on August 4, when several planes had to land in alternative airports amid fires and smog across Central Russia.
On Sunday, 104,044 passengers left Moscow's three major international airports for other cities within Russia and abroad after a backlog of flights from delays over the weekend.
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By: talltower - 9th August 2010 at 14:32
Article excerpt from RIA Novosti
Smog leads to record number of airline departures from Moscow in one day
A record number of passengers since the beginning of 2010 departed Moscow on August 8 amid heavy smog in the city, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, said on Monday.
Moscow's airports faced their first problems on August 4, when several planes had to land in alternative airports amid fires and smog across Central Russia.
On Sunday, 104,044 passengers left Moscow's three major international airports for other cities within Russia and abroad after a backlog of flights from delays over the weekend.
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