KALUGA, Russia – Kaluga International Airport (KLF) received the first Charter flight on the route Braunschweig (Germany) – Kaluga 01 November 2015, Kaluga International Airport welcomed the first Charter flight on the route Braunschweig (Germany) Kaluga. This flight is the beginning of a corporate Charter program operated by the European airlines to Russia in the interests of the Volkswagen group. In the future, the program will run 2-3 times a week on Airbus A319. Previously these flights were carried out to Moscow airport Vnukovo.
As noted by General Director of Kaluga International airport Salavat Kutushev, “Kaluga international airport successfully passed a two-day audit by the experts of Air Berlin and confirmed the high level of modern airfield equipment and readiness to serve international flights of European companies, following all standards of safety and quality”.
Kaluga International Airport is located 190 km away from Moscow. This is a class B airport and it is designed to accept such aircraft types as the Airbus ะ319, Boeing 737-500 and other crafts of this and smaller classes. The airport terminal capacity is averaging approximately 100 passengers per hour. On August 18, 2015, Kaluga Airport received the International status. On September 4, 2015 Kaluga International Airport for the first time in over 20 years received the international flight. At 10 AM, Moscow time, the aircraft Dassault Falcon 7ั , coming from Braunschweig, Germany, has landed in Kaluga. Currently, Kaluga airport serves flights to St. Petersburg, Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnodar. In mid-November 2015 international flights to Tajikistan will start. Among the partner airlines – “Komiaviatrans”, “Ural airlines”, “Asian Express” and others. The estimated passenger traffic flow will reach the figure of 250,000 people in 2020, and up to half a million in 2025.
