In Eastern and Western countries, much smaller than Russia, on domestic flights people are flying as often as we ride on buses and trains. We have the same flights remain expensive and an outstanding event, although it had become routine.
the development of air transport allocated significant funds from the state budget. But the effect they give is almost zero.
the Traffic in our country is not in great demand for two reasons.
first, tickets for many too heavy for the price.
secondly, planes fly in a very limited number of cities.
Few direct flights between cities within the same region and between regions. Often suggested, for example, to fly from one Siberian city to another through Moscow, making a huge detour. People could arrive at their destination in three hours, paying three thousand, and he had to spend the day and to pay thirty thousand.
the Government is trying to solve these problems with the help of subsidies. They are “Federal” and she distributes them among carriers.
the chamber has verified the effectiveness of the use of such subsidies in the years 2017-2019. A report posted today on the Agency’s website. Optimism it doesn’t.
In 2019, the number of subsidized routes increased by 86%. But more than a third of that growth comes from the old route, already promoted in commercial operations. “The share of new unique routes in this period was insignificant size from 4.5 to 8.5%”.
the state Aid in the form of subsidies was also not improved access the most remote cities which passenger flights is very important because sometimes there otherwise just do not get.
In the list of hard-to-reach and remote places where people live constantly, but no flights in 2017 were 462 settlements.
For three years, during which time the carriers were allocated subsidies, they started to fly only in 48 cities on this list. 414 settlements we remain cut off from the world.
the Availability of subsidized flights for privileged categories of citizens increased purely nominal. “The number of passengers on subsidized routes increased 3 times. However, their share in the total number of passengers carried by bypassing Moscow is only 2 to 6%”. That is, direct inter-flight in three years is not actually increased.
Of the 15 billion rubles allocated from the Federal budget to subsidize airlines, 1.9 billion at the end of last year proved undeveloped purely because of bad administration.
in Short we can say that the budget money once again fell into some black hole. The government spent it, and the resultand no is not visible.
the Underdevelopment of domestic networking flight experts explain the only reason is a very expensive aviation fuel. The cost for the purchase of up to 50% of the costs of the carriers. Because of this, companies are not profitable to fly where flying little people. Flights are not repaid.
the same unpopular flights in other countries however give a profit, because that’s where the carriers are much cheaper jet fuel.
we Have the same prices for aviation fuel are only growing. According to the chamber, in 2018 the price of 1 ton at the airport of Irkutsk increased by 67% in Chita 61%.
no matter How cheaper oil on the world market, our domestic prices is not reflected, because we have fuel prices set by the government. What price it will set, so be it.
If the price of jet fuel has dropped considerably, airlines began to fly into the most inaccessible and remote places with great pleasure, because, as experts believe, could make even unpopular directions. Let there not many passengers, they would still be profitable — just as it is beneficial to the carriers of other countries.
But instead of lower prices for jet fuel and to enable the natural market mechanism which will rapidly expand the network of air links, the government throws to the wind the budget, giving about the same effect as dead poultices.
