New sea route links to Sochi for the summer season
Sochi News July 2nd, 2008
New Sochi – Novorossiysk sea route has been recently lunched for summer season. It will operate daily, except Mondays, between June 15th and August 31st. The hydrofoil (called Kometa, or Comet, in Russian ) trip lasts approximately 3 hours, and the ticket prices are: adult ticket is around $60 (1365 rubbles); kids older than 5yrs old – around $45 (1023 rubles), and kids under five with parents ride for free.
Here’s scheduler for Sochi/Novorossiysk route:
From Novorossiysk to Sochi, daily except Mondays:
Leaving: 9:00 (9:00am)
Arriving: 12:15 (12:15pm)
From Sochi to Novorossiysk, daily except Mondays:
Leaving: 18:00 (6:00pm)
Arriving: 21:15 (9:15pm)
Phone numbers in Novorossiysk port (probably only in Russian):
Ticketing in Novorossiysk Sea Port: (8617)-60-22-84
General Information: (8617)-60-23-24
Information in Novorossiysk Sea Port: (8617)-60-23-47
Btw, there are also daily buses going from Novorossiysk to Sochi, two leaving in the morning (7:50 & 10:50), and one at night (21:50). Information phone number: (8617)-64-42-79.
July 15th, 2008 at 3:53
Zdrastvuite uvajaemi, napishite pojalusta kak mojno iz Armeni bronirovat bileti bashei tur.organizacii, i kakie ceni?
s Uvajeniem Anjel
July 15th, 2008 at 21:08
Здравствуйте, Anjel. Это личный блог, “мы” не турфирма :) Но я вам на почту отправил контактную информацию где вы сможете узнать ответы на ваши вопросы. Они работают и с гражданами всех стран, не только россиянами.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:52
What is the name of the hydrofoil operator and what is their website? I understand they are using the two olympia hydrofoils previously used on the helsinki/talinn service?
July 18th, 2008 at 8:59
Mark, I don’t know about which hydrofoils they use. I also don’t know Sochi-Gagra operator. However, the hydrofoils on Sochi-Novorossiysk route are Seaflight-I and Seaflight-II, and i found some detailed information about Seaflight-I here: former name is KATRAN-4 (changed in 2006), built in Russia in 1996, engine is German. There also are bunch of technical and registration info there.
As far as I know, neither one of the operators has a website.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:41
A UK magazine “Ships Monthly” noted in the July issue that “Jannika” and “Laura” the two Olympia hydrofoils have been sold to a Sochi based company, Olympia Line, as part of the build up of hydrofoil services before the Olympics.