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Russia's First Budget Airline Opens
January 29, 2007
A Sky Express plane at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport today (ITAR-TASS)
The airline, which currently operates flights between Moscow and the Black Sea resort of Sochi, plans to expand its routes to several Russian cities including Rostov-on-Donu, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Anapa, and Chelyabinsk.
Sky Express charges as little as 900 rubles ($35) for a return ticket to Sochi -- a fraction of the rate charged by competing airlines.
(ITAR-TASS)