Hi everybody!
This is my first report in English about flight between two Russian Siberian cities: Nizhnevartovsk and Novosibirsk.
Nizhnevartovsk is the second largest city in Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area – Yugra with a population of 260,000 people. The largest in Russia oil field called Samotlor is located in Nizhnevartovsk.
Novosibirsk - is the third-most populous city in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is the most populous city in Asian Russia, with a population of 1,473,754. The city is located in the southwestern part of Siberia on the banks of the Ob River.
Terminal 1 NJC airport. This building was built in soviet style. An entrance is like a tile of legendary Soviet plane Tupolev 154.
Check-in area of domestic flights is located on ground floor
Waiting area and boarding gates
As you can see airport is not overloaded during the daytime
Good view but there is no aircrafts on apron
Time to clean the apron from snow
Here it is. An 5 years old ATR 72-500. By the way all special transport around the aircraft are made in USSR
Boarding has been started 20 minutes before departure
Standart panel
Video monitors but only for safety video(((
Seat pitch is pretty good for regional plane
Seat pocket content
UTair is not a low-cost airline but it has some low-cost features such as no baggage fares, lack of free meals on board. During the flight I got only glass of steel water.
Here you can see snow town Nizhnevartovsk and the Ob river
Cabin management system
1 hour 20 mins after take off our plane started to descend. Over snow center of Novosibirsk
On parking stand at Tolmachevo airport Novosibirsk
Terminal A for domestic flights in Novosibirsk
Terminal B for International flights
City buses for siberian winter )))
Nice report, and for me the destinations are quite "exotic". Spassiba !
Thanks for this really interesting report!
Unfortunately IFE was only used for Security procedures.
Hope you'll publish more flights like this one
The ATR-72 is well reported in this website, but this line makes this report a serious contender in the (unofficial) "exotic report" department !
A warm welcome for this excellent first report in cold weather !
Thank you for this "exotic" report well documented and welcome onboard FR !
Welcome and "spassiba" for this 1st FR.
I was expecting a better onboard service as russian airlines usually tend to still offer a real snack/meal.
First time I see an ATR with PTVs.
Thank you for sharing this exotic report (well, exotic for non-Russian's anyway ^^). It's cool to see that Soviet architecture--not something I see often. I like the interior of that ATR, it looks quite modern, especially with the TV monitors. I've never seen a turbo-prop plane with TV monitors. Nice job on your first Report in English!
Welcome to Flight-Report!
Привет, Instchichkov!
Welcome to flight-report!!
I always enjoy reports from little-known destinations like this one. Thank you very much for sharing!
The architecture at Nizhnevartovsk airport is amazing! That entrance in the shape of a Tupolev tail is really impressive.
I hope I'll fly on a Russian plane some day. Where I live, commerical air transport is a binary thing: Boeing / Airbus. Only next July will I fly on an Embraer for the first time!
Your pictures and the information about the flight were very interesting.
Will be looking forward to more reports from you!
Hey! Spassiba for this excellent FR. The pictures are really nice especially the view from above on Novosibirsk. I like the city geometrical arrangement. The ATR looks really nice with a generous leg room. A pity for the lack of on board meal but overall, it seems to be a cool flight in all senses :-)
Thanks for sharing!
Really good report! thanks. As a Russian, it is still investing to read about a flight like this