Home Latest News Subsidized Air Travel Routes Summer 2011

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency has completed the process of signing contracts with Russian airlines to engage in subsidized air travel between Russia's Far Eastern cities and cities in the European part of Russia.

12 Airlines have engaged in subsidized air travel between Moscow, St Petersburg, and Sochi to cities in Russia's Far East. Russian citizens up to 23 years old and over 60 years old are entitled to subsidized air travel. The subsidized air travel program was approved in 2009 to increase air traffic between Russia's Far East and the European part of Russia. In 2010 327,000 people travelled on on subsized tickets, which cost the government almost 2.5 billion Rubbles (62.5 mln Euros).
New subsidized air travel is available to the cities of Ulan-Ude and Chita.

The route network AIRLINES AND EXPECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES

Aeroflot
Routes
Subsidized passenger price
Subsidy
Estimated volume (number of passengers)
Moscow
Vladivostok
6500
6500
21500
Moscow
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
7500
7500
30000
Moscow
Khabarovsk
6300
6300
32000
Moscow
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
6500
6500
23000
Total
106500
Transaero
Routes
Subsidized passenger price
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Anadyr
9100
9100
6000
Moscow
Blagoveshchensk
6400
6400
20000
Moscow
Vladivostok
6500
6500
10000
Moscow
Magadan
8500
8500
8000
Moscow
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
7500
7500
8000
Moscow
Khabarovsk
6300
6300
9650
Moscow
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
6500
6500
9000
Moscow
Ulan-Ude
6500
6500
9000
Moscow
Yakutsk
8250
8250
4000
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
6500
6500
2900
St. Petersburg
Khabarovsk
6500
6500
2000
St. Petersburg
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
6500
6500
1000
St. Petersburg
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
6500
6500
1000
Total
90550
Yakutia Airlines
Routes
Subsidized passenger price
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Anadyr
9 100
9 100
2 700
Moscow
Blagoveshchensk
6 400
6 400
4 000
Moscow
Magadan
8 500
8 500
9 800
Moscow
Chita
6 500
6 500
2 800
Moscow
Yakutsk
8 250
8 250
19 000
Moscow
Neryugri
8 250
8 250
5 500
St. Petersburg
Magadan
9 100
9 100
1 700
St. Petersburg
Yakutsk
8 250
8 250
4 500
Vladivostok
Yakutsk
8 500
8 500
2 000
Sochi
Yakutsk
9 900
9 900
5 000
Moscow
Ulan-Ude
6 500
6 500
4 200
Total
61 200
Vladivostok Avia
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Blagoveshchensk
6 400
6 400
8 000
Moscow
Vladivostok
6 500
6 500
4 000
Moscow
Khabarovsk
6 300
6 300
5 000
Moscow
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
7 250
7 250
800
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
6 500
6 500
5 000
St. Petersburg
Khabarovsk
6 500
6 500
4 000
St. Petersburg
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
6 500
6 500
4 000
St. Petersburg
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
6 500
6 500
3 000
Sochi
Khabarovsk
7 450
7 450
2 500
Vladivostok
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
7 000
7 000
2 000
Vladivostok
Magadan
7 500
7 500
2 200
Vladivostok
Yakutsk
8 500
8 500
2 000
Total
42 500
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Mirny
9 900
9 900
4 500
Moscow
Polyarny
9 900
9 900
2 000
Total
6 500
S7 "Sibir" Airlines
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Yakutsk
8 250
8 250
3 000
Moscow
Norilsk
4 500
4 500
2 300
Moscow
Ulan-Ude
6 500
6 500
3 800
Moscow
Chita
6 500
6 500
3 900
Vladivostok
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
7 000
7 000
2 200
Total
15 200
Nordstar / Taimyr Air Company
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Norilsk
4500
4500
8000
St. Petersburg
Norilsk
5000
5000
3000
Sochi
Norilsk
7000
7000
1450
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
6500
6500
500
St. Petersburg
Khabarovsk
6500
6500
500
Total
13450
Ural Airlines
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Chita
6500
6500
1250
Moscow
Vladivostok
6500
6500
450
Moscow
Khabarovsk
6300
6300
400
Moscow
Yakutsk
8250
8250
400
Moscow
Norilsk
4500
4500
1000
St. Petersburg
Yakutsk
8250
8250
400
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
6500
6500
490
St. Petersburg
Khabarovsk
6500
6500
490
St. Petersburg
Norilsk
5000
5000
700
Sochi
Yakutsk
9900
9900
400
Sochi
Khabarovsk
7450
7450
400
Sochi
Norilsk
7000
7000
500
Total
6880
VIM-Avia
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Khabarovsk
6300
6300
2000
Moscow
Vladivostok
6500
6500
2001
Moscow
Magadan
8500
8500
3383
Moscow
Chita
6500
6500
1250
Moscow
Ulan-Ude
6500
6500
1265
Total
9899
Nordavia
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
Moscow
Norilsk
4500
4500
1300
Total
1300
Rossiya Airlines
Routes
The price for a passenger
Subsidy
Estimated number of passengers
St. Petersburg
Norilsk
5000
5000
1300
Total
1300