Even after the promised subsidies, tickets to Crimea remain more expensive than to Sochi
Even after the subsidies promised by the Russian government for airlines, tickets to Crimea will cost tourists much more than to Sochi. Provides such data on its portal Association of Tour Operators of Russia.
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“Data from airline websites indicate that at the moment inexpensive tickets to Crimea for the summer season are no longer available. Thus, a flight to Crimea on the eve of the May holidays (April 29) from Moscow will cost tourists from 10 thousand rubles one way (Aeroflot, RedWings). From St. Petersburg for the same date you can find tickets for 7-9 thousand rubles one way (Russia, Ural Airlines). There is a direct flight from Yekaterinburg departing on April 28 - from 16,6 thousand rubles.
For Ural Airlines, a ticket with a flight to Simferopol from Yekaterinburg on June 10 will now cost about 11 thousand rubles one way. From Moscow in mid-June, tickets cost from 6,6 thousand rubles. From St. Petersburg - from 9 thousand rubles.
In mid-July, you can fly to Simferopol from St. Petersburg for 9,7 thousand rubles one way. From Moscow such a flight will cost about 8 thousand rubles, and from Yekaterinburg - from 10,6 thousand rubles.
Finally, the price of a ticket to Simferopol in August reaches 11,5 thousand rubles from Yekaterinburg one way. The same tickets for August to Crimea from St. Petersburg cost from 9 thousand rubles, and from 5,5 thousand from Moscow.
For comparison, a flight from Moscow to Sochi in June costs from 5 thousand rubles one way, in July – from 5,9 thousand rubles, in August – from 5 thousand rubles,” the message says.
At the end of March the agency "New day" reported that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree according to which the number of subsidized air routes to Crimea increased from 58 to 61.
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