Irkutsk: Representatives of the region flew to China to the aid of tourists

Representatives of the Irkutsk region flew to China to help the Iraero airline take out tourists from Russia stuck on Hainan Island. This was announced today by the governor of the region Sergey Levchenko.

According to Levchenko, all tourists should be taken out "literally two days later." “In addition, according to my assignment, a whole group of people went there today, who will try to help Iraero in turn,” said the Governor of the Angara region.

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The Irkutsk governor said that the regional government cannot directly help the airline financially, but may participate in the repayment of leasing payments. The governor could not name the exact volume of financial assistance, since Iraero has not yet been addressed and did not count, ” write RIA Novosti.

On December 9, about 1.5 thousand customers of the tour operator "Pearl River" could not fly out of the Chinese island of Hainan into Russian cities. They have ended visas and medical insurance.

On Tuesday, the Iraero airline began the export of tourists of the Pearl River at its own expense. The first side flew to Kazan with 369 passengers. Until December 14, the airline plans to take another 1165 tourists to Ufa, Samara, Khabarovsk and Chelyabinsk. There are still 213 people in China who arrived on vacation by the Pegas Fly. They had to leave Hainan on December 8.