Restrictions on airport operations in Sochi and Gelendzhik have been lifted.

Rosaviatsia has opened the Gelendzhik and Sochi airports for landing and departures, after their operations were restricted overnight. Ten aircraft flying to Sochi have been diverted to alternate airfields.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," restrictions on operations at two airports in Kuban became known late in the evening of October 2.

Rosaviatsiya representative Artem Korenyako wrote on his Telegram channel at 5:37 a.m. Moscow time that restrictions had been lifted at the airports in Sochi and Gelendzhik.

"The restrictions were introduced to ensure flight safety," he recalled.

During the period of the restrictions, ten aircraft flying to Sochi were diverted to alternate airfields.

According to the Sochi airport's online flight board as of 5:39 a.m. Moscow time, more than 40 flights departing from the resort city were delayed, and arrival times in Sochi were also changed. More than 30 flights.

As a reminder, last night, restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures were imposed at Volgograd Airport, and Astrakhan Airport was also closed to aircraft. This morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that seven drones were shot down over the Rostov Region and four over the Volgograd Region.

On September 24, people in Sochi, Gelendzhik, and the Tuapse District were ordered to leave beaches and embankments due to the threat of drone attacks from the sea and air. In Sochi, some vacationers returned to the sea, despite the fact that the threat of drone attacks was not cancelled. Social media users called this behavior of vacationers reckless. After the attack by drones and unmanned boats (UBK) on Novorossiysk and Tuapse on September 24, two people were killed and another 14 were injured.

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