Thus, in the season 2020 the Comet will make 2 trips daily with departure at 08:00 a.m. from Sevastopol and back at 05:00 p.m. from Yalta. The ticket price will remain the same: standard − 500 rubles ($ 7.5), comfort − 800 rubles ($ 11.5), children − 200 rubles ($ 3).
"For the convenience of passengers, we finalized the ticket sales system, and now all tickets can be purchased on our website www.kometaexpress.ru and through the Comet mobile application. In addition, we now accept all the most popular bank cards on the website and in the application. I am sure that our passengers will appreciate this and will more actively use electronic sales channels", — said Alexei Sorokin, director-general of the company.
Tickets can also be bought at the box offices of the Sevastopol and Yalta ports. At the company they added that thermometry is obligatory on boarding, in addition, passengers must wear masks until the end of the trip. The Comet travels at the speed of up to 65 km/h and its sitting capacity is up to 120 passengers in one trip. The ship has all the conditions for passenger comfort. Economy and business class salons have air conditioning system and are made of modern vibration-absorbing materials.
They have airliner-type chairs and folding tables. Each seat has USB connectors for charging mobile devices. The aft saloon has comfortable sofas, a bar, TVs. In the luggage rooms there are shelves with straps for placing and securing luggage.
As for the hydrofoils, their main purpose is to reduce the friction force and water resistance of the hull, as well as to reduce the draft of the vessel. The principle of operation is similar to the wings of aircraft. At high speeds, due to the angle of the underwater wing, the ship rises above the water. The Comet 120M traffic along the route of Sevastopol to Yalta was opened in 2018. For two navigation periods 2018-2019 she transported more than 60 thousand passengers.