Volgograd airport operations have been suspended.

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To ensure flight safety, temporary restrictions have been imposed on the operation of the Volgograd airport. Prior to their introduction, telephone and mobile internet service was disrupted in the city.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", on the night of October 2, restrictions were imposed on the operation of the Volgograd airport, and two flights from Moscow were canceled.

Volgograd Airport has been temporarily closed to all flights since 11:12 p.m. Moscow time on October 3, Rosaviatsiya spokesman Artem reported on his Telegram channel. Korenyako.

He traditionally noted that the restrictions were introduced to ensure flight safety.

According to the airport's online flight information, one flight to Moscow and two flights from Moscow were cancelled, and another flight from the capital was delayed.

On the eve of the restrictions being introduced, telephone and mobile internet service was seriously disrupted in Volgograd. According to the V1.ru Telegram channel, access to services from many providers was unavailable, despite "stable visual connection indicators."

Discussions about renaming Volgograd Airport to "Stalingrad" have been active since the 1990s. However, the airport was renamed from "Gumrak" to "Stalingrad" only after Putin's intervention—on April 29, 2025, he declared his support for the initiative of veterans and participants of the Second World War, signing a decree on the renaming that same day. At the same time, some citizens spoke out sharply against the renaming, recalling that under Stalin, 250,000 Stalingrad residents were repressed.

At a meeting with the leaders of the Duma factions on September 18, Putin promised to consider the proposal of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Zyuganov, to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad; social media users expressed dissatisfaction with the new discussion of this topic.

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