the Airline plans to bus passengers on the Russian resorts.
the Russian airline is preparing to sharply increase the number of flights in June, despite continuing in most parts of Russia restrictions due coronavirus. The number of applications for flights from the major airports exceeds the indicator of may four times. The main hopes of the airlines in conditions of a closed international traffic associated with the transportation to the black sea resorts. But since the dynamics of the epidemic is difficult to predict, a significant portion of the planned flight may be cancelled. Experts believe that airlines in June will continue to operate at a loss and profit can count only since July.
So, in the Sheremetyevo base airport of Aeroflot, said that in the first month of summer is scheduled for 295% more flights than in may.
the growth in the number of applications in June and say in the airport of Simferopol: carriers put flights aircraft with a total capacity of 936 thousand seats. In June last year, the passenger traffic of the airport amounted to only 690,2 million people. As of may, according to “Kommersant”, the download is via flights Simferopol does not exceed 30-33% — it is possible that a significant portion of seats in June will remain empty. In April the airport handled 29,98 thousand passengers, from 1 to may 18 — 16,58 thousand passengers.
the Source “b” in one of the major airports confirms that the airline said in some ways more frequencies than in June last year. “In fact they, of course, so many flights not to comply,” he said.
In Moscow Vnukovo expect significant growth of passenger traffic in June thanks to a recovery of part of domestic flights Utair, “Azimuth”, “Yakutia”, “Rusline”. Will resume the flights of the airline “Victory”, which in April and may of them completely stopped. However the airport clarifies that applications for the implementation of flight still significantly less than in June last year.
So the airport can serve about 600 thousand people. In April and may the decline of passenger traffic at the airport reached 95-98%.
In Domodedovo they say that the scope of the flight program is largely dependent on the timing of the easing of the mode of increased readiness in Moscow and in the regions. “While the transportation plans are mostly short term in nature, airlines make adjustments to the schedule online, sometimes for 24 hours prior to departure,” — noted in the airport, adding that due that the real number of flights in June it is difficult to assess.
In “Bazel Aero” (operates the airports of Krasnodar, Sochi and Anapa) said that airlines have filed to run in June of 5,5 thousand flights, which is 4% more than in June last year. More than half of Zaya��OK (about 3 thousand) are in the airport of Sochi.
According to may 22, in the month of June from the airport of Sochi is planned almost 2.8 thousand flights at 61 to the inner direction. Pre-76 flight will be performed June 1. Among the new areas of Sochi flights to Belgorod (airlines and Pegas Smartavia), Krasnoyarsk, Astrakhan (Utair and “azimuth”). However, according to the interlocutor of “Kommersant” in the management company, the real number of passengers carried may be lower than in June 2019, as “the epidemiological situation remains unstable and to predict the dynamics of the passenger traffic is now impossible.”
Executive Director of the Agency “AviaPort” Oleg Panteleev believes that during the summer, Russian airlines on domestic routes depending on the direction can restore the passenger traffic up to 60-80% of the volume of last year.
With the improvement of the epidemiological situation in the regions gradual increase in passenger traffic on domestic routes during the summer is inevitable, he said.
General Director of tour operator “Dolphin” Sergey Romashkin agree that the alleged flight program in the future will be substantially reduced in the planned volume in the market we don’t need them: “Now in the Crimea and the Krasnodar region, in fact, there are restrictions on entry. Even in the most optimistic scenario for their withdrawal, in early June, tourists will not be able the day make the decision to travel to the recovery of demand will go one-two of the week.” It is unknown what the sanatorium still decide to open June 1, the expert adds, but in any case will not go about all objects. “In order to download them, carriers have enough weeks, but the organization of flights will be unprofitable — the aircraft will fly back empty to flow in both directions, the company can only when the first tourists will have a rest”, — said Mr. Romashkin.
Oleg Panteleev also considers that in June the airline will continue to operate at a loss, but in July—August, separate carriers may be at a profit. However, according to the expert, to help the airline to significantly increase the occupancy rate of seats can only withdrawal from the market of one or more competitors.
Herman kostryns’ka, Alexandra Mertsalova
