IrAero Airlines agreed to take out Russian tourists stuck in Hainan at its own expense.

After an emergency meeting at the Federal Tourism Agency, the IrAero airline agreed to take 1,500 Russian tourists from the Chinese island of Hainan, who were stuck there due to the debts of the tour operator Pearl River, TASS . reports

The full flight schedule is not yet available. It is expected that the first aircraft of the company will leave Moscow for Haikou Airport on the evening of December 10 and depart for Kazan on December 11 at 11:30 local time with the first 363 tourists.

According to the Federal Tourism Agency, the problems of the Pearl River tour operator with air carriers (in addition to IrAero, with Pegas Fly, ALROSA and S7) arose about two weeks ago. After that, IrAero announced the termination of flights to some Chinese cities due to the tour operator's debt, which is why could not leave China. about one and a half thousand Russian tourists staying on Hainan Island