Sukhumi airport schedule. Airports of Abkhazia. Airfields of the southern country

Spoiler: yes, it is required. If you are planning a trip outside of Ukraine, you need an insurance policy that covers medical expenses in any case.

You can buy a policy not only at the branches of insurance companies, but also via the Internet. To apply for insurance online, you only need a passport and full list persons for whom the contract is concluded.

Why is insurance required?

There are two main reasons: legislation and common sense. Even if having a policy is not considered a necessary condition for entering a particular country, Ukraine has a law on the procedure for leaving and entering Ukraine for citizens. According to this law, every Ukrainian leaving the country must have insurance. Thus, the legislation protects citizens: in another country you may need health care, but not every state will agree to provide it free of charge.

Common sense also dictates that you need to protect yourself as much as possible on a long journey. An insurance policy from a reliable company guarantees you that in the event emergency situation you will receive medical care, hospitalization and full treatment. Without insurance, you'll have to pay for these services out of pocket, and in some countries, this can be hard on your wallet. For example, in Switzerland, the cost of an appointment with a therapist who will prescribe an examination can reach up to 400 euros. Of course, you will have to pay extra for tests and medications. Or in Malaysia: an appointment with a doctor costs an average of $50, and one day in the hospital in hospitalization mode costs $100-$200.

What types of insurance are there for traveling abroad?

Companies usually offer several types of travel insurance. The standard contract covers:

Providing emergency medical services in medical institutions (outpatient and hospitalization);
Transportation to the nearest hospital;
Payment for medications necessary for treatment;
Repatriation of remains to the country of residence.

To the standard contract, you can add coverage for additional expenses, for example: transportation to the country of residence to a specific medical facility, the arrival and accommodation of relatives during treatment, administrative expenses associated with the continued stay of the insured person in the country, and so on.

Insurance policies also differ in:

Coverage areas (Europe, the whole world or a specific country);
The amount of medical expenses within which assistance can be provided;
The duration of the insurance and the length of the client’s stay abroad;
Special conditions(for example, if the trip is related to dangerous species sports).

The final cost of the policy depends on all these parameters. The rating of insurance companies will help you choose a reliable company for ordering travel insurance.

How is insurance availability checked?

If there is no agreement concluded with the country where you plan to travel, visa-free regime, health insurance will be in the list of documents for the visa. Without a policy, you won’t even be able to submit your package to the embassy.

If there is a visa-free agreement, the rules for crossing the border are determined by it. For example, visa-free travel with Europe obliges tourists to have a biometric passport. But upon entering the country, border guards have the right to request documents confirming the purpose of travel. So a hotel reservation, a return ticket, and health insurance They may ask you to show it. Lack of documents can be a reason for refusal of entry: such situations are rare, but they do happen.

If, even worse, you entered the EU without insurance, ended up in hospital and were unable to pay, you are guaranteed to have problems with subsequent visits. And since the price of hospitalization can reach several tens of thousands of euros, it makes sense to provide the bills to the insurance company rather than pay for them at your own expense.

How does insurance work?

If an insured event occurs (for example, injury, exacerbation of a chronic disease or other ailment), you first need to contact the assistance company. Emergency telephone numbers are always indicated in the insurance contract or a special brochure that comes with it. The assistant operator tells you what to do: which hospital to go to, what documents to present, and how to communicate with health workers about payment for services.

There are two main types of payment:

Compensation - you see a doctor at your own expense, collect receipts for services and medications, and then provide them to the insurance company, and it compensates your expenses;
Payment is made at the expense of the insurance company - you go to the medical institution indicated by the assistant, receive help for free, and all bills are sent to the company.

Which payment method works for your insurance policy is indicated in the contract; you need to pay attention to this when concluding it. The contract also contains special conditions, which operate when the client is unconscious and cannot contact an assistant.

Can insurance not cover the costs?

The travel insurance contract specifies the conditions for waiving payment for medical services. Typically, these are situations where the client violates the laws of the host country (that is, gets injured while committing illegal actions) or intentionally causes damage to his health. Sometimes a condition for refusal of payment may be the possibility of postponing treatment until returning to Ukraine. For example, an exacerbation of a chronic disease (a life-threatening asthma attack) is considered an insured event, but treatment of low-grade asthma in a foreign clinic is not.

If you travel outside the territory covered by the insurance (for example, the policy covers Turkey, and you are going to Greece on an excursion), the policy does not cover medical expenses. A way out of this situation may be travel insurance, the coverage area of which is the whole world.

The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia represented by the RUP " international Airport Sukhum them. V. G. Ardzinba"

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The official operator of the airport is the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Sukhum International Airport named after. V. G. Ardzinba" (OGRN 107RA001238; state registration date 03/17/2011; legal address: Republic of Abkhazia, Gulrypsha district, Babushara village, Airport).

Description

In the mid-1960s, an airfield and terminal building were built. At the end of the 1970s, the thickness of the concrete surface of the airfield was increased by 20 cm, which made it possible to accept aircraft such as Il-76. In the 1980s, a new one was opened next to the first airport terminal, which is currently not in operation. In the mid-1980s, the runway was lengthened, which made it possible to receive Il-86 aircraft (in particular, they operated flights Moscow - Sukhumi - Moscow).

Until the early 1990s, airplane flights operated from the airport to many cities of the USSR, and helicopter lines connected Sukhumi with several settlements Abkhazia. Passenger turnover was up to 5 thousand passengers per day in summer, up to 1 thousand in winter.

Republic of Abkhazia

The airport was closed in 1993 regular flights are not fulfilled.

Currently, it is actively used for flights by top officials of Russia and Abkhazia.

Incidents

On April 22, 1956, during takeoff, for unknown reasons, an Il-14P of the 65th air squadron of MUTA (Aeroflot) fell into the sea, killing 6 people.
- On July 8, 1977, an An-24RV from the Kirovograd Flight School fell into the sea during takeoff, killing 6 people.
  - On August 14, 1982, two planes of the Sukhumi joint air squad (Aeroflot) collided on the runway, when a Tu-134A crashed into an L-410M that had entered the runway during takeoff, killing 11 people (all on board the L-410M).
    - During Third Battle of Sukhumi in September 1993, as a result of attacks by Abkhaz troops, five Georgian airliners were destroyed: three Tu-134A and two Tu-154B, killing a total of 136 people.
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Babushara Airport serves the capital of Abkhazia, Sukhum. It is located in the village of Babushara and is named after V.G. Ardzinba. Unfortunately, on this moment The airport is not in operation, but it is planned to start operating soon.
There is one runway on the territory of the airfield, its length is 3640 meters. The airport is capable of receiving aircraft such as Il-86, Tu-154 and lighter ones.
Abkhazian Airlines cooperates with the airport, and UN aviation is also based here.
The problem with launching the airport is that the ICAO organization cannot recognize it as international until the Georgian authorities give permission for this. Currently, the airport is sometimes used for flights by top officials of Abkhazia and Russia.

Story

The history of the airport in Sukhumi begins in the 60s of the last century. Then a new airfield and terminal were opened. In the 70s, the runway was reconstructed and the thickness of its pavement was increased. Over the next decade, the airport opened a new passenger terminal and extended the runway.
The airport's new runway made it possible to receive the Il-86 aircraft, which at that time carried out regular flights on the Sukhum-Moscow route. In addition, regular helicopter service between other cities of Abkhazia was established from the airport. Passenger traffic reached 6 thousand people a year.
The airport was closed in 1993, immediately after the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia. Several aircraft. The runway was also mined.
After clearing the airport area of mines, local residents began to use free land for agricultural needs.
In 2008, during the war in South Ossetia, several landings were made at the airport by Russian military aircraft, which delivered military equipment and troops to the territory of Abkhazia. That same year, a passenger plane carrying the Russian Foreign Minister landed at the airfield.

What to do if your flight is canceled

If a flight is canceled more than 24 hours before departure, passengers will be transferred to similar airline flights. The carrier bears the costs; the service is free for the passenger. If none of the options offered by the airline suits you, most airlines can issue a “ forced return" Once confirmed by the airline, the money will be returned to your account. Sometimes this can take several weeks.

How to check in at the airport

Online check-in is available on most airline websites. Most often it opens 23 hours before the start of the flight. You can go through it no later than 1 hour before the plane departs.

To check in at the airport you will need:

identification document specified in the order,
birth certificate when flying with children,
printed itinerary receipt(optional).

What can you take on a plane?
Carry-on luggage is the items you will take with you into the cabin. Weight norm hand luggage can vary from 5 to 10 kg, and its size most often should not exceed the sum of three dimensions (length, width and height) from 115 to 203 cm (depending on the airline). Lady's bag does not apply to hand luggage and is carried freely.

The bag you take with you on the plane should not contain knives, scissors, medicines, aerosols, or cosmetics. Alcohol from stores duty free can only be transported in sealed packages.

How to pay for luggage at the airport
If the weight of luggage exceeds the standards established by the airline (most often 20-23 kg), you need to pay for each kilogram of excess. In addition, many Russian and foreign airlines, as well as low-cost airlines, have tariffs that do not include free baggage allowance and must be paid separately as an additional service.

In this case, luggage must be checked in at the airport at a separate Drop-off check-in counter. If you are unable to print boarding pass, you can get it at the regular airline check-in counter, and check in and drop off your luggage there.

Where to find out the arrival time if you are a greeter
You can find out the plane's arrival time on the airport's online board. The Tutu.ru website has an online display of the main Russian and foreign airports.

You can find out the exit number (gate) on the arrivals board at the airport. This number is located next to the incoming flight information.

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