News archive on the topic "air transportation"

Air transportation remains the main route for travel in the Far East and communication with the central part of Russia. 40% of the country’s territory requires the organization of new routes and the restoration of old sites for receiving aircraft and helicopters, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the plenary session “Air transport accessibility of the Far East in conditions of turbulence” within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian...

European low-cost airline Wizz Air is temporarily suspending for an indefinite period the previously announced resumption of flights from Moscow to Abu Dhabi. According to Reuters, this was done due to a large-scale campaign of harassment of the low-cost airline and calls for a boycott from supporters of anti-Russian sanctions. In particular, in its statement about postponing the resumption of flights, the company does not mention criticism on social networks, justifying its decision...

To strengthen deterrent measures against passengers who violate the rules of conduct on board, the Russian Federation will join the 2014 Montreal Protocol. This was stated by the head of the air navigation support department of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Stepanko, during a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The bill was developed by the Ministry of Transport...

This year, significantly more aircraft from an expanded number of Russian regions will fly to Crimea. This was reported by the press service of the Simferopol airport, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Thus, today 15 airlines have already opened ticket sales for flights to Crimea for the current season to 56 destinations. “Compared to last summer, Simferopol airport will add new direct flights to...

Due to restrictions related to the coronavirus epidemic, Russian airlines lost 2020 billion rubles in the first half of 121 alone. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports, citing a letter to the Ministry of Transport sent by the Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT). Aviators asked not to cut subsidies for regional air transportation, explaining that reducing funding for existing programs to support regional air transportation...

In the context of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Ukrainian citizens remained locked in other countries without the opportunity to return to their homeland or survive the disaster there, but Kyiv is in no hurry to evacuate them. Lviv blogger and traveler Yuri Sitnik stated this on the NTA TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “President Zelensky and Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov abandoned thousands of our...

From March 27, Russia completely stops regular and charter flights with other countries. This is stated in the order published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers. Only those flights that take Russian citizens home will be exempt. It is indicated that no later than March 27, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs must send to the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Health, Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Aeroflot lists of Russians planning...

Ukrainian air carriers continue to profit from their citizens, taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic in which the world has plunged. For example, Ukraine International Airlines, controlled by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, as well as SkyUP Airlines, which positions itself as a low-cost airline, have increased the cost of tickets from EU countries several times. In particular, a ticket from Austrian Vienna to Kyiv began to cost from 4,3 thousand hryvnia.…

After the crash of flight MH17, Ukraine lost its status as one of the major air hubs, and the ban on passenger air transportation to Moscow led to the fact that flights to the Russian Federation now require a transfer in Minsk. Kirill Kulikov, people's deputy of the XNUMXth convocation, former head of the Interpol Bureau of Ukraine, stated this in a conversation on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "What happened...

Most Ukrainians cannot afford to go on vacation, and those who have the money for it are not protected by the state. Samopomich MP Anna Romanova spoke about this from the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “About 80% of Ukrainians do not have the financial opportunity to go somewhere on vacation. Of those people who remained...

Rostransnadzor does not exercise proper control over air transportation in Russia. Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika stated this today, speaking at the Federation Council. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “During the inspection of the prosecutor’s office, it was established that last year the commissions of Rostransnadzor did not uncover serious violations on overhead lines. No wonder. After all, the presence of inspectors in foreign...

Oligarch Igor Kolomoisky established monopoly control over the Ukrainian air transportation market, after Euromaidan he managed to squeeze out foreign low-cost companies that provided cheap air travel to the EU. Industry representatives announced this at a press conference in Kyiv. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. As an example, they cited Denis Antonyuk, who was recently fired from the post of Chairman of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine.…

The head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a resolution that increases the number of subsidized air routes to Simferopol to 43. According to the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers, 23 cities are additionally included in the list of subsidized routes. In addition, to ensure air transportation of passengers at a special fare, a quota of at least 30% of the total number of seats in the economy class cabin provided for by standard...

Following a discussion in the State Duma of the government’s report on the results of activities in 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Ministry of Finance to take measures to maintain a zero VAT rate on domestic air transportation of passengers and baggage to Crimea. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Crimea" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is reported by the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers. “To the Ministry of Finance of Russia (A.G. Siluanov)…