Air tickets rise in price in Russia

From November 1, foreign airlines increase the internal exchange rate of the dollar to calculate the cost of air tickets by 3.5 rubles - up to 33.5 rubles, RBC reports.

Thus, according to experts in the airline business, the cost of air tickets for flights of foreign airlines will increase by an average of 12 percent. Before that, the rate was 30 rubles per dollar.

Also, from today, Aeroflot has increased the fuel allowance to a price of air tickets by 5 dollars for each flight on internal flights. This was announced at a press conference in Moscow, the director of the Department of Product Management of the airline Alexander Korolev.

According to him, on routes to St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and the city of the Central Volga region, the fuel fee will be increased from $ 15 to $ 20. The collection on routes in Irkutsk and Yekaterinburg will be increased from $ 20 to $ 25.

As the agency notes, the last noticeable increase in the prices for flights occurred before the onset of the summer vacation period - in June, the ticket value increased by 2.2 percent. Also, in June, tickets for travel in railway transport both suburban and long -term - on average by 7.2 percent.