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Over 50 flights delayed, cancelled at Pulkovo airport amid drone threats

TASS · · 80 words

Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg experienced delays and cancellations for over 50 flights due to drone threats. Russia's Air Transport Agency implemented flight restrictions on Tuesday morning in response to these activities.

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“More than 50 flights have been either delayed or cancelled at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport amid drone threats.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that more than 50 flights were delayed or cancelled at Pulkovo airport due to drone threats. One source explicitly mentions 'Over 50 flights', another mentions 'roughly 50 flights were delayed and more than 20 canceled'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pulkovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Пулково, IPA: [ˈpuɫkəvə], Internal code: ПЛК) (IATA: LED, ICAO: ULLI) is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the 2nd-busiest airport in Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (Петроград) and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg is known as the cultural centre of Russia. Its best known museum is the Hermitage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_and_culture_in_Saint_P…
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“As of 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (1:00 p.m. GMT), 41 flights were delayed for more than two hours and 13 flights were cancelled”
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The specific breakdown of 41 flights delayed for more than two hours and 13 flights cancelled as of 4:00 p.m. Moscow time is reported by TASS. While other sources confirm general delays, they provide different numbers (e.g., 19 delayed and 15 cancelled as of 22:00), making this specific timestamped data unique to one source.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (Петроград) and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander S. Pushkin Sheremetyevo International Airport (Internal code: ШРМ, IATA: SVO, ICAO: UUEE), more known as Sheremetyevo International Airport or simply Sheremetyevo is one of four internationa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheremetyevo_International_Air…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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“14 flight were directed to alternative airports.”
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The specific figure of 14 flights being directed to alternative airports is mentioned in a TASS report. No other independent source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific number of diversions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pulkovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Пулково, IPA: [ˈpuɫkəvə], Internal code: ПЛК) (IATA: LED, ICAO: ULLI) is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the 2nd-busiest airport in Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 was a repositioning flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow to Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. On 28 July 2002, the Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Aviation_Enterprise_Fl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rossiya Airlines (Russian: АО Авиакомпания «Россия», romanized: AO Aviakompaniya "Rossiya"), sometimes branded as Rossiya—Russian Airlines (Россия — Российские авиалинии, Rossiya — Rossyskiye avialini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Airlines
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“Russia’s Air Transport Agency imposed restrictions on flights to and from Pulkovo on Tuesday morning due to drone activities.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) imposed flight restrictions at Pulkovo airport on Tuesday morning due to drone activity/safety reasons.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air Algérie SpA (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, al-Khuṭūṭu l-Jawwiyyatu l-Jazā’iriyyah) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the El-Djazair office block in Algiers. With flights o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Algérie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the busiest airports in Russia, using data from the Federal Air Transport Agency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pulkovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Пулково, IPA: [ˈpuɫkəvə], Internal code: ПЛК) (IATA: LED, ICAO: ULLI) is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the 2nd-busiest airport in Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkovo_Airport
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