The media learned about the plans to prohibit flights to Tajikistan Lenta.ru

Russia 8 Nov may unilaterally stop flights to Tajikistan because Dushanbe’s unwillingness to negotiate flights of Russian airlines from the new airport near Moscow Zhukovsky. About it writes on Thursday, 3 November, “Kommersant” with reference to sources in the aviation industry and the press service of the Ministry of transport of the Russian Federation.

In August, the Federal air transport Agency permitted to perform the flights from Zhukovsky in Dushanbe and Khujand, “Ural airlines”. However, the government of Tajikistan, according to the publication, considered the possibility of such flights unilateral increase in Russia the number of carriers and frequency of flights on these lines, on the basis of what has refused to give consent. This whole air Harbor in Tajikistan consider along with Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports as the fourth airport of the Moscow aviation hub.

At the same time, the Ministry of transport in an interview to “Kommersant” noted that according to the decree of the government of Moscow are only international Federal airports Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, while Zhukovskiy airport ranked as the suburban Ramenskoye. In this regard, “the attempt of the Tajik party to determine the status of a Russian airport violates the sovereignty of the authorities of the Russian Federation on its territory,” and the refusal to accept the appointment of the Russian carrier from Zhukovsky “is in direct violation of the intergovernmental agreement on air communication”, said the Agency.

the Ministry of transport also advised the colleagues from Dushanbe to take into account that the basis of the passenger traffic on these routes make up Tajik migrant workers, providing for the expense of their earnings up to 48 percent of GDP of the home country. In case of failure of the government to change the position of Russia will suspend air service to “prevent infringement of the rights” of Russian airlines, warned the Ministry.

the First regular flight of the fourth international airport of the Moscow region adopted on September 12. Then at the air port the plane landed the airlines Belavia arrived from Minsk. Zhukovsky started work in may of this year.