Perm airport was temporarily closed due to heavy snowfall – RBK

Perm airport Bolshoye Savino was temporarily closed due to heavy snowfall and the need to clear the airfield. About it informs Ural Transport Prosecutor’s Office on Telegram.

“Due to heavy rainfall (snow), the Bolshoye Savino airport from 13:00 [15:00 мск] until 16:00 [18:00 мск] hours is closed for the reception and release of aircraft, “- said in the message.

The transport prosecutor’s office clarified that an Aeroflot plane was sent to the alternate airfield in Yekaterinburg on the route Moscow (Sheremetyevo) – Perm. Also, the flight on the Perm-Moscow route of Aeroflot has been delayed. The delay of the Perm-Tyumen flight of the UTair airline is possible.

On the online scoreboard of the Bolshoye Savino airport appeared information about the delay of some flights. The time of arrival of the plane from Tyumen to Perm is shifted (according to the schedule – at 14:30 [16:30 мск], estimated time – 18:05 local time [20:05 мск]), from Moscow to Perm (at 18:45 [20:45 мск] instead of 17:55 [19:55 мск]) and from Hurghada to Perm (at 00:20 [02:20 мск] January 3 instead of 20:35 [22:35 мск] January 2).