The Ministry of Transport denied Aeroflot subsidies for routes from Krasnoyarsk

The Ministry of Transport denied Aeroflot subsidies to operate flights from Krasnoyarsk in 2022 as part of a program to develop a network of routes bypassing Moscow (Decree No. 1242 of December 25, 2013). This follows from the order of the HEAD of the Federal Air Transport Agency (part of the Ministry of Transport) Alexander Neradko published on November 9. it is she who concludes contracts with carriers for the implementation of such flights.

In 2022, the budget allocated 9.3 billion rubles for these purposes, which is 3.5 times less than the volume of applications received from 26 airlines (32.3 billion rubles). The fact that Aeroflot wants to receive subsidies for flights from Krasnoyarsk was said by its representative. But in the end, the company got into the program only with flights from St. Petersburg.

Regional authorities were going to co-finance Aeroflot flights from Krasnoyarsk. The availability of support from local budgets is one of the conditions for priority inclusion in the federal program.

A source close to the regional administration and a top manager of a regional airline told RBC that the distribution of routes around Moscow has become less transparent. For example, if from the order of the Federal Air Transport Agency for 2021 you can understand which regions provide subsidies, then for 2022 it is difficult to figure it out. “The list of routes and the selection of carriers was made on the basis of approved rules,” emphasizes Elena Mikheeva, adviser to the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency. The representative of the Ministry of Transport agrees with her. RBC sent a request to the press service of Aeroflot.