Paul Griffiths assured travellers that all partners were working towards the "welfare of guests and returning operations"
The MICEX index was down 3.2 percent to 1,315.79 by 1 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) its lowest level since October 2006. The RTS benchmark dropped 3.4 percent.
Shares for Russian major car maker AvtoVAZ fell the furthest, losing 7.5 percent of their value on Monday. The country's largest lender, Sberbank, lost 4.3 percent. Natural gas company Gazprom was down 2.5 percent.
The drop continued a strong selloff from Friday, after Georgia launched an offensive to retake the separatist region. Russian responded by sending in troops and has since expanded bombing to other areas of Georgia.
The RTS slumped 6.5 percent on Friday to hit its lowest point since November 2006.
Russian stocks had already been struggling in recent weeks, amid a shareholder dispute over the BP-TNK oil joint venture, and after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused mining Mechel of price fixing. Mechel's shares fell by roughly halof after the comments.
Paul Griffiths assured travellers that all partners were working towards the "welfare of guests and returning operations"
He acknowledged the 'unacceptable' wait times for passengers and outlined the airline's efforts to restore ops, which he called 'far from perfect'
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Visitors can enjoy movies with family favourites, including ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Jumanji’ and ‘Zootopia’ to match the wild theme every evening from 8pm