The Russian Ministry of Transport proposes to zero out VAT on domestic air transportation as an anti-crisis measure to support air carriers for 2-3 years, said Andrei Ivanov, head of the department of state policy in the field of civil aviation of the Ministry of Transport, at a round table in the Federation Council. “We would like to appeal to the Federation Council, we have now come up with a proposal to make VAT (at the level - Kommersant ) zero on domestic air routes for 2-3 years as an anti-crisis measure to support air carriers,” leads "Interfax" his words.

According to him, reducing VAT to 10% had “its own definite effect.” “We estimate this at about 23 billion rubles. On the other hand, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the total cost of subsidizing regional transportation for all five programs is about 9 billion rubles, which is a very small amount. If we calculate by cost, as Russian Railways calculate subsidies for all passengers transported, their synergistic effect for all is 450 rubles, for air transportation it is 180 rubles. per passenger,” the official added.

Let us remember that after Transaero left the market and the “terrorism-related problem” worsened, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recognized the need to support airlines. So far, the state has only allocated compensation of 1.5 billion rubles from the budget. due to the cessation of flights to Egypt, although both the tourism and aviation industries said that losses were an order of magnitude higher.

Read more about the situation in the aviation industry in the Kommersant article “Preferential anti-terrorism.”

The Ministry of Transport proposed to temporarily zero out VAT on domestic air transportation