The Ministry of transport of Russia welcomed the request of the Ukrainian airlines to allow flights in the winter season and ready for consultation, said Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov.
"We welcome any steps in the right direction, If the narrative is about providing transport. It all depends on the position of the Ukrainian aviation authorities ", ? according to news Agency the message of Sokolov, in the air of television channel " Russia 24 ".
according to him, the main thing that had saved the current share of Russia and Ukraine in the total volume of air traffic between 2 countries." If this proportion is saved, We are always ready to take a step forward ", ? he added. Yesterday Ukrainian airlines have applied for permission for the flights during the winter navigation season 2015 - 2016. For example, the airline "Atlasjet Ukraine" asks permission to perform flights on three routes: Kiev-Moscow, Odessa-Moscow and Kiev-St. Petersburg, "UTair-Ukraine" ? on the route Kiev-Moscow and Lviv-Moscow. For its part, the Federal air transport Agency made a proposal to the state aviation administration of Ukraine without delay, to hold conversations in any convenient for the Ukrainian side. On 12 October the Ministry of transport of Russia has received the notification of the State aviation administration of Ukraine about a complete stop of the air messages between Ukraine and Russia on October 25. The transport Ministry of Russia proposed the initiative to the Russians, wishing to get to Ukraine by air, fly to Kiev through Belarus, Moldova or Turkey.

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