Airlines began canceling flights within Russia due to reduced government support. The newspaper writes that for 2023, bypassing Moscow, the subsidy of the program for the implementation of regional flights has been reduced from 9 billion to 7.5 billion rubles. “News” a source close to the Ministry of Transport, with reference to sources at airlines.
In 2022, 9 billion rubles were allocated for government decree No. 1242, but during the year Rosaviatsia redistributed part of the funds for other purposes. As a result, 7.8 billion rubles were subsidized on regional flights last year, with this support, as the newspaper noted, airlines carried 2.7 million passengers against 2.85 million in 2021.
According to broadcast sources, the cut in the program this year was due to the confiscation of state budget expenditures. According to one of the sources, the Ministry of Transport was instructed to cut costs by 5%, as a result the program under Decree No. 1242 was cut by 17%. Rosaviatsiya has excluded routes from the program for which airlines have not yet concluded agreements for co-financing flights with regional authorities. Most of the routes not included in the program are Omsk and Tyumen regions, Tatarstan, St. Petersburg, Dagestan and North Ossetia, he added.
Flights on the routes Nizhny Novgorod – Petrozavodsk and Kemerovo – Chita have been canceled by Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya, St. Petersburg to Tobolsk was refused two flights per week.
Previously reportedThe Ministry of Transport of Russia said that it foresees a 15% to 30% increase in the cost of air tickets in the upcoming summer season, as the country’s authorities have not decided to subsidize transportation.
Source: Gazeta
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