Additional expenses of each of the major airlines of the Russian Federation due to the survey of the territory of Ukraine is about three million dollars a month, told reporters the Russian transport Minister Maxim Sokolov.
Russian and foreign airline after the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donetsk region told about the decision to fly in third countries around Eastern Ukraine or its airspace in General.
" Our airlines that operate in the South, of course, incur certain losses associated with lengthening of routes. According to their estimates, reported to the Ministry of transport, it is about three million dollars a month for each of the larger organizations, " said Sokolov on the last working day of the week on the sidelines of the forum in Sochi.
for example, according to him, these calculations were presented by Transaero airlines." The most painful on it (circled Ukraine) reacts exactly Transaero, as most of the routes are aimed transit corridors through the Black sea in the direction of the South, " explained the Minister of transport.
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