 Before the war, Grozny had about 79,000 apartments, and the city authorities expected to be able to restore about 45,000 apartments; the rest were in buildings that were completely destroyed.Railway connection was restored in 2005, and Grozny's airport was reopened in 2007 with three weekly flights to Moscow.In 2009 the IAC gave Grozny's Severny airport the international certificate after checking and evaluating the airport's airworthiness.