Minvostokrazvitiya sent to the Ministry of Transport of Russia Russia

Minvostokrazvitiya Russian Ministry of Transport of Russia sent a proposal to be included in the new concept of supporting regional air service. In order to increase the availability of air transport to all the Russian Far East Minvostokrazvitiya suggests removing the seasonal restrictions to actions of the subsidy programs of preferential air, to remove the age limit for the purchase of airline tickets and give preferential right to take advantage of discounted ticket once a year. Thus the airline will increase the traditionally low in the autumn-winter period the volume of traffic, which has a positive impact on the cost of travel. Take advantage of discounted tickets, for example, students will be able to during the winter holidays. Pensioners will receive an additional opportunity to get a spa treatment in the central part of Russia. In addition, the Ministry proposes making changes to the list of routes preferential air DFO consider the views of stakeholders and the people of the region. As in the formation of the system of state support of regional transportation considers necessary to provide subsidized with federal funds from the territories of air transport actors, where there is no rail link. And in the absence of alternative transportation to subsidize transportation for local airlines. Currently, the Far East, there are three programs of state air transport to ensure their accessibility: a program for subsidizing air travel from the Far East to the European part of the country and back again, the subsidy programs of regional air transportation subsidy programs of local air carriers. In 2013 subsidies for preferential long-haul air travel from the federal budget would send 3.5 billion rubles, which is 18% more than in 2012. The list of preferential routes from the Far East expanded from 26 to 31 due to flights from Yakutsk to Anapa, Gelendzhik, mineral water and from Khabarovsk in Gelendzhik, Mineral water. Also subsidized by the four regional route: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Vladivostok, Magadan - Vladivostok, Yakutsk - Vladivostok, Anadyr - Vladivostok. The volume of financing of these routes in 2013 relative to 2012 increased by 75% - to 163.6 million rubles, and the number of passengers by 74% - to 22.7 thousand people. Size spetstarifa in 2013 remained at the level of 2012 from 6.2 thousand to 9 thousand rubles, depending on the direction. Minister of the Russian Federation on the development of the Far East and the Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District Viktor Ishayev has repeatedly stressed the need to expand not only the geography of preferential air to the Far East, but also the contingent of people who are covered by this benefit, as well as increase the terms of eligibility for the operation of flights.