Rosaviatsia: Ukraine has no right to penalize Russia for flights over Crimea
Sony believes that the Ministry of transport of Ukraine has no right to fine airlines of the Russian Federation, as they carried out flights in the Russian air space over the territory of the Crimea, said Last news authorized the Federal air transport Agency.
before the last working day of the week, press service of the State aviation service of Ukraine said that 12 Russian airlines, and among them, " Aeroflot " And " Vim-Avia ", subjected to a fine of almost $ 9 million for non-adherence to the use of air space of Ukraine.
" to ban Russian airlines to operate domestic flights between the cities of Russia And fined for flights in Russian airspace state aviation service of Ukraine can not ", - stated the head of the Department.
He noticed that, in accordance with the Convention on international civil aviation, each state has complete And exclusive sovereignty over its air space.
the head of Department also said that the Russian aviawest ready to continue consultations with the Ukrainian colleagues in order to ensure flight safety." Russian aviawest sent proposals And invited to the capital of Russia Ukrainian colleagues, which, However, chose to hold the meeting on neutral territory - in Brussels And Paris. And such meetings have already taken place. Russian aviation authorities are ready to continue constructive dialogue in the future to ensure the safety of international air navigation, " said Commissioner of the Federal air transport Agency.
Crimea And Sevastopol became the Russian regions After the referendum on March 16, where the overwhelming number of people were in favour of joining the Russian Federation. Then the US And the EU imposed sanctions against Russia And the Crimea. In the capital of Russia these penalties referred to as counterproductive.