17 billion rubles planned for subsidizing air transportation of the Far East in 2022
More than 17 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal budget to subsidize air transportation in the Far East in 2022.
Alexei Chekunkov, Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, said at the PRODFO online forum: "For 2022, a total of more than 17 billion rubles have been allocated for these purposes, including 6.5 billion rubles - subsidizing mainline air transportation between the Far East and the central part of Russia, more than 4 billion rubles - for preferential categories of citizens and almost 5.9 billion rubles - for subsidizing social routes of the single Far Eastern airline."
The unified Far Eastern airline, created on the basis of Aurora Airlines, began flights from 20 routes.
In 2022, Aurora will fly 36 social routes, and we will bring the number of social routes to 75, and the total number of consolidated airlines to 535 routes.
The minister also said that a plan was signed with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation to purchase 45 new Russian-made aircraft for a single Far Eastern airline.
The unified Far Eastern airline Aurora is created on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now Aurora is 100% owned by the Sakhalin region, in the future its capital will include several more Far Eastern regions.
Source: iz