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First International Flight In 15 Years Leaves Chechen Airport

November 18, 2009 at 9:19 AM | by JetSetCD | 1 Comment

Is winter cabin fever setting in yet? Are you itching to travel before the holidays ground you with too much cranberry sauce? Well, all we can say is just be happy that you don't live in the region of Chechnya because they just had their first international flight in 15 years.

Okay, so there are other reasons why you should be thankful you don't live in Chechnya, like all that conflict and the human rights violations over the last 18-plus years. But since we've got the current state of Russian carrier Aeroflot on our minds, this bit of news made our ears perk up.

The flight, a Boeing 757 leaving with 200 passengers from Grozny Airport, is headed to Saudi Arabia so that the passengers may visit Muslim holy sites. And this won't be the last, as the Sofia News Agency noted that "an official statement said seven aircraft would carry 2,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, and regular international flights would begin soon." Still, this has got to be the worst-named airport for a region coming out of conflict; "Grozny" in Russian means "menacing," or "terrible," and we can only imagine the PA system in the terminals: "Welcome to Terrible Airport."

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[Photo: Getty Images/Daylife]

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  1. EstevanJ

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    First flight

    Really? This is their first international flight? How do they travel when going out of the country? hmmm...by ship I guess. :)They better get some installment loans to buy themselves some ticket. They must take advantage of this flights.
    November 19, 2009 at 2:31 AM
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