Siberia Airlines will open a direct airline from Israel to Novosibirsk, Siberia, on April 2, where temperatures reach an average of 35 degrees Celsius
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The Russian airline S7 Airlines, Siberia Airlines, will open a direct flight line between Ben Gurion Airport and Novosibirsk in Siberia from April 2. The duration of the flight is six and a half hours with the latest Airbus A320neo aircraft. Including suitcase.
Siberia Airlines is the second largest airline in Russia, centered in the city of Novosibirsk in southwestern Siberia and has a fleet of over 100 aircraft. According to the Ministry of Tourism, about half of the tourists from Russia to Israel come from the Siberian region of Russia, and so far they have had to fly to Israel through Moscow. The official representative of the company in Israel is the Flying Carpet Company.
Novosibirsk is in an area with extreme terrestrial climate. In the summer it is hot with about 35 degrees Celsius while the winter is snowy and especially cold, with temperatures dropping to an average of 35 degrees Celsius. The most extreme differences measured in the city, between the highest and lowest temperatures, were 88 degrees Celsius.
Novosibirsk is the third largest city in Russia (after Moscow and St. Petersburg). It is sometimes referred to as "the Siberian capital" and "Siberian Chicago", because it is the administrative and economic center of the Siberian Federal District. Novosibirsk is famous for the grand opera building, which houses a large Byzantine church and a school of music and ballet, and a magnificent train station where the Siberian trance runs to this day.
There is a historic museum in the area that reconstructs the old buildings and how they once lived. Another museum is the "Railway Museum", which houses the development of the train, from old trains to modern trains, a large planetarium and theater and ballet. The main recreation for tourists is in the surrounding villages on nature walks (no skiing in the area) and in summer there is a special attraction of river cruising. In malls in the city the prices are cheaper than the prices in Moscow and there are many restaurants and varied nightlife.