07:22, 3 September 2025

Gelendzhik and Volgograd airports resume operations

During the suspension of airport operations due to the risk of drone attacks, two flights that were supposed to land in Volgograd diverted to alternate airfields, eight flights were delayed.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, restrictions have been introduced at the airports of Volgograd and Gelendzhik due to the threat to flight safety, a drone danger regime has also been declared in the Rostov Region and Stavropol Territory. Several residential buildings were damaged in the Don, Acting Governor Slyusar reported.

The reception and release of aircraft at the Volgograd airport has been resumed. "During the period of restrictions, two aircraft "departed" for the alternate airfield," wrote Rosaviatsiya press secretary Artem Korenyako in his Telegram channel at 6:12 Moscow time.

Discussions about renaming the Volgograd airport to "Stalingrad" have been actively conducted since the 1990s. However, the airport was renamed from "Gumrak" to "Stalingrad" only after Putin's intervention - on April 29, 2025, he announced that he supported the initiative of veterans and participants of the SVO, signing a decree on the renaming on the same day. At the same time, some citizens spoke out sharply against the renaming, recalling the Stalin era, during which 250 thousand Stalingrad residents were repressed.

Six minutes later, at 6.18 Moscow time, Korenyako announced that the Gelendzhik airport had resumed operations.

According to the online board of the Volgograd airport, the departure of four flights and the arrival of four flights are delayed. Thus, the flight to Moscow, which was supposed to depart at 22:40 Moscow time on September 2, is expected to depart at 14:25 Moscow time.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415094