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