The Russians to fly with Ural Airlines to visit the Czech Ice Hockey World Championship

19.03.2015 — News

SVERDLOVSK REGION

During the Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held May 1 to May 17, 2015 in the Czech Republic, Ural Airlines introduces an additional flight from Ekaterinburg to Prague.

The Press Service of the air carrier has informed RusBusinessNews that the aircraft operated by Ural Airlines will fly to the capital of the Czech Republic on May 13 – one day before the quarter finals.

The Russian National Hockey Team will play in Ostrava in Group B. It will face teams of Finland, the USA, Slovakia, Norway, Belarus, Slovenia and Denmark.

Usually the aircrafts operated by this air carrier fly to Prague from Ekaterinburg on Thursdays and Sundays, and from Nizhny Novgorod – on Saturdays.

Ural Airlines is inside the top ten Russian airlines in terms of traffic volume. In 2014, more than 5.1 million passengers flied with the airlines. The fleet of Ural Airlines includes 34 Airbus.