Russia is preparing a response to sanctions against "good dealer" - a ban on transit flights for the EU

Russia as a symmetrical response to European sanctions, which caused the cessation of the flights of the Russian Lawkoster "Dobrolet" , may prohibit Trans -Siberian flights from Europe to Asia. The fact that officials are considering limiting or completely prohibiting the transit flights of European airlines through the territory of Russia, the Vedomosti newspaper immediately told three sources.

According to one of the sources, the discussion of a possible restriction of transit for European carriers began immediately after the first sanctions against the Russian Federation by the EU. After stopping the activities of “Goodlet” and the fines imposed by Ukraine to Russian airlines for flights to Crimea, it became clear that these sanctions should not remain unanswered.

According to sources, there are currently consultations at the level of the Ministry of Transport and the Foreign Ministry. The decision on sanctions should be made by the government. The interlocutor of the newspaper, close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured that "any unfriendly measures of the EU, including in the field of air transportation, will be studied and will not remain unanswered."

- against the background of these news, the Aeroflot shares fell by 6.5%

Note that the information is not officially confirmed and in the State Duma are sure that Russia will not go to such a step. “We have no reason for this. We are in international agreements and are obliged to provide airspace over our territory airlines that are in these international conventions. As well as our airlines can use the airspace of other countries for air messages. I think that this issue is not worth it today, this is more speculates. There can be no such initiative on our part,” the radio station said “” says the radio station said “ Moscow " First Deputy Chairman of the Transport Committee Mikhail Bryachak.

For flights from Europe to Asia, the airline is used by the Trans -Siberian route and pay money for this "Aeroflot" for this. The income of the Russian airline from these agreements is about $ 300 million a year, and the largest payers are Lufthansa, British Airways and Air France.

If the ban is introduced, foreign airlines are forced to lengthen the routes of their flights on average for an hour and a half. As a result, the costs of fuel and remuneration of personnel will increase, the load on the equipment will increase. These expenses will put European carriers in unequal conditions with Asian companies - they will not be able to increase prices, and it will be impossible to keep them at the same level due to low profitability, the article says.

Last Sunday, the Russian low-cost airline Lawkoster announced that from August 4, he was stopping all flights due to the sanctions that the company had been subjected to flights to the Crimea. The reason was that companies canceled the leasing agreement on American Boeing aircraft. “Dobralet” began flying to Crimea on June 11. In addition to Simferopol, the company sold tickets for flights to Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Samara, Perm, Ufa and Surgut.