the health Minister of Russia Mikhail Murashko expressed the need for resumption of regular international flights. However, he noted that this measure in the current conditions is possible only under certain restrictions the testing and compliance with social distancing measures.
recently the same was said by Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, stating that regular international flights will be resumed gradually, depending on improving the situation of coronavirus in each country. Earlier the Rosaviation has presented a phased plan for the resumption of international messages, and the CPS has provided a list of 13 countries it considers safe for the Russians. However, despite all these measures and good wishes of Russian officials, the international message still closed, although tickets to many Internet sites are actively marketed.
Why is this happening and when, finally, we can expect a resumption of international flights – this “MK” told the leading aviation experts.
Executive Director of the Agency “AviaPort” Oleg Panteleev:
the International message now in Russia is practically absent. In fact, we are talking only about a single flight, and then export. On domestic routes the traffic did not stop for the day. It set out the requirements for social distancing and mandatory presence of passengers of the aircraft on Board personal protective equipment. Moreover, flight attendants are usually polite, but very insistent demand from the passengers to the masks they were wearing not on the chin, as well as it should. If necessary, be issued a replacement mask. All this airlines which are already well debugged. Of course, to completely avoid the crowds it is not always possible, as it is difficult to defeat the habit of passengers after landing all at once to get up and go out, but in General it is clear that the discipline has become somewhat more. At least during the flight of the queue near the toilets have not formed. People are still trying to withstand the distance. But about international service yet you can only say one thing: our overall transportation industry – airports and airlines – has already confirmed its readiness to adhere to international flights. That is, all necessary security measures worked out and adopted. Several airports have already passed the verification of Rospotrebnadzor from the point of view of readiness for international flights. The only question is which countries will be able to negotiate for the restoration of flights. Purely bilateral arrangements. And it takes into account only the position of the authorities of these countries, but not airlines.
Chief editor of the portal Avia.ru. Roman Gusarov:
Yesterday, the CPS announced to foreigners the rules of entry to Russia. They read: either they have to come here for help, or already here for three days to take the test on COVID 19, or to serve on arrival for two weeks in isolation. The same rule was announced yesterday, and for Russians who go abroad. Now they all have to be registered on the website Services, where in return they will need along with the data of the test for the coronavirus to download a certificate stating that they are not sick. So now we have the rules of admission of foreigners, and travel arrangements for Russians, but the borders are still closed. Those countries that we have designated as safe for us, they think that for them we are a danger. In particular today, the European Union has once again published a list of countries the citizens of which they are ready yourself to prevent. Russia in this list again there. And, well, all sorts of restrictive procedures invented many, but the boundaries of no one who, never opens. These are confined to the talk and the good wishes of officials.
