State Duma Deputy Zurab Makiyev appealed to the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov and the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko with a request to control the Azimut airline. Wrote about him about it telegraph channel.
The deputy wants Azimuth to confirm information that he has removed Abkhazia and South Ossetia from the list of countries after obtaining permission to fly to Georgia.
Correspondence, in which the representative of the airline advised a citizen of South Ossetia to indicate Georgia as a nationality when buying a ticket on the airline’s website, has appeared on social networks earlier.
“If this information is confirmed, I request you to immediately suspend the air transport license of Azimut Airlines,” said Makiyev. The MP believes that “the Russian airline in pursuit of increasing revenues is sabotaging the foundations of the state’s foreign policy.”
Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008.
On May 16, it was learned that the Russian airline Azimuth. accepted The airline, which received permission from the Georgian authorities to organize flights to the republic, plans to start flights from May 19.
Pavel Udod, Chairman of Azimut Airlines announcedWhy is a ticket to Georgia more expensive than 15 thousand rubles? According to him, at the moment 15-20 thousand rubles is considered the minimum price required to ensure the return of flights.