The Ministry of Transport called nine airlines who would relieve passengers of the closed "Saratov Airlines"

Four more airlines joined the transportation of Saratov Airlines passengers, which stopped their activities, follows from the message on the website of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

"At present, Saratov Airlines JSC have concluded agreements on the transfer of their passengers on FIM manifests with nine airlines: Aeroflot, Siberia, UTair, Ural Airlines, Yakutia, Nordstar, Rusline Aero and Turukhan," the ministry said.

Earlier, only about Aeroflot, Siberia, Yakutia, Rusline and Juvt-Aero were reported.

FIM is a transportation document issued by the receiving airline when transferring passengers from a flight of one carrier to another. Several passengers can be inscribed in the manifesto at once, Interfax explains.

On May 31, the Airlines "Saratov Airlines" stopped transporting passengers. They will be transported by other airlines until June 13, it is for this period that the largest part of the tickets sold accounted - it was planned to transfer about 9 thousand passengers. Also, passengers will be able to return the flights, their cost will be compensated in full, including at the expense of Saratov Airport, united with the Saratov Airlines. The corresponding hot lines are already opened by the Federal Air Transport Agency and the Saratov authorities.

On June 1, the air carrier said that the passengers of the Saratov Airlines received almost 100 million rubles for tickets, the return of which they demanded after the end of the flight. As the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation clarifies, the processing of the "Transport Clearing Chamber" (TKP) contains applications for a refund of 5 thousand tickets totaling more than 40 million rubles.

Recall that the "Saratov Airlines" lost their license during the investigation of the AN-148 Liner crash, which crashed on February 11 a few minutes after departure from Domodedovo. All 65 passengers and six crew members were killed.