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Russia launches air mail delivery to remote locations

Russia launches air mail delivery to remote locations

   The Russian postal service has begun the first chartered mail flights from Moscow to Norilsk in Siberia, and Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Far East province, according to a news release on the Russian Information Ministry's Web site.

   Uzbek carrier Avia Leasing will operate turboprop aircraft with the Russian postal livery under a charter lease program. The new delivery program is designed to speed up mail delivery to outlying regions of the country.