MOSCOW, August 1 – RIA Novosti. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree which provides for the inclusion of Tiksi Airport as a branch of the state enterprise “Airport of the North”, the corresponding document was published on the government website .
In 2012, the Defense Ministry, which was then led by Anatoly Serdyukov, consider closing the airport to the village of Tiksi on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, the northernmost village of Yakutia. The airport, which is owned by the Ministry of Defense, has been declared closed to all aircraft operations, in addition to helicopters, from 1 October 2012 for the reconstruction of the runway, were off means air navigation system and approach.
From -this airport closures airfare town has doubled in size, only to fly helicopters. Residents of the village is actually cut off from the “mainland”, dramatically complicated the delivery of goods. Medvedev, who visited in 2013 on a visit to Yakutia, said that the actions of the military department was a big mistake and promised to take measures to restore the airport. Route air service to Tiksi was resumed in 2013. It was reported that a complete reconstruction of the airport should be completed by 2015.
“To reorganize the federal state enterprise” Airport of the North “(the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk, pos. Magan) in the form of a merger Federal state unitary enterprise “Airport Tiksi” (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Bulunsky District, pos. Tiksi-3) “, – stated in the disposal of the Russian Prime Minister, published on Saturday.
Create a branch, as noted in memorandum is a necessary condition for ensuring the availability of public transport strategically important Arctic region.
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