Flight from Krasnoyarsk to China delayed by a day

Nearly 140 passengers are affected by a one-day delay of a Rossiya Airlines flight from Krasnoyarsk to Sanya, China.

Feb 9, 2026

Passengers have been either provided hotel accommodation or have returned to their homes independently following the flight delay.
Source:
Maria Lents / NGS24.RU

In Krasnoyarsk, the departure of a flight to China«s Sanya by Rossiya Airlines has been delayed by a day, confirmed NGS24.RU from the airport»s press service.

The departure was postponed multiple times, with the latest delay extending for an additional full day.
Source:
Krasnoyarsk Airport / kja.aero

Updated at 18:00. The flight has been postponed again — to 10:00 on Monday, 26 January.

According to the airport«s online board, flight SU-6623 was supposed to depart the previous day, 24 January, at 21:15. However, the departure was preliminarily postponed by a day. There were 138 passengers scheduled to be on board, NGS24.RU was told by the airport»s press service. They are currently in hotels or at home, if they are local.

Judging by the Flightradar service, the departure time has been changed multiple times. There, for example, it still indicates that after the postponement, the aircraft was scheduled to depart at 9:18. Passengers reported to the Telegram channel «Borus» that the flight was delayed due to an aircraft malfunction — a Boeing 737-800. Currently, the aircraft is being repaired, and at the same time, Rossiya Airlines is looking for a reserve aircraft.

Updated. In Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing), they added that so far, passengers have not complained to them.

This is not the first aviation incident in Krasnoyarsk in January. On 21 January, at the airport, «for technical reasons,» a Boeing from Uzbekistan Airways made an emergency landing, flying from Tashkent to Vladivostok. And on 11 January, a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Sochi turned back due to a technical malfunction.