Fly to Turkey: Russia resumes charter flights – RIA Novosti

18:39 28.08.2016

(updated: 18:42 28.08.2016 )

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MOSCOW, August 28 – RIA Novosti. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree repealing the ban on charter flights to Turkey.

decree prescribed to take additional measures to ensure the security implications of regular air communication with Turkey. Carriers operating charter flights, is also recommended to provide additional safety measures.

Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said that the Russian aviation authorities are ready to provide the conditions for the implementation of charter flights, including the issuance of the necessary permits to begin. Federal Air Transport Agency informed the main center of a unified air traffic management system on the lifting of restrictions and sent telegrams to air carriers, and they have already started to apply, said the Ministry of Transport.

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The question of a few days

The first charter tourists can fly to Turkey as early as next week, he told RIA Novosti vice president of the Transport Association of Tour Operators of Russia Dmitry Gorin.

“The ban is removed, begins the formation of the flight program, which will be tailored to market demand For a number of flights tour operators put and flights statement period can take anywhere from two to three days to a week.” – He said

Gorin added that in September-October, Turkey has traditionally demanded by Russian tourists. In his view, the resumption of charter flights will reduce the cost of tours to 25-30%.

The company Tez Tour, in turn, said that they are going to restore the charter program for four or five days.

The parliamentarians are concerned about the safety of flight

The head of the social committee of the Federation Council, Valery Ryazan noted that to improve the safety of Russian airlines should cooperate with the security services in the Istanbul airport and other air harbors in Turkey, moreover, they should enter into the staff responsible for the procedure on board, such as “air marshals” in the US. However, he believes that if the government allowed the flights to Turkey, then, experts have seen that it is safe.

The airlines would be easy to return to the implementation of charter flights, said the deputy head of the Duma Committee on Transport Alexander Starovoytov. He had no doubt that this will entail a tourist boom in the Turkish area. Starovoytov added that it saddens him because withdraws money from a Russian resort, especially the Crimea and Sochi.