ROsaviation: the ban on flights to 11 airports in the south of Russia has been extended until November 3, airports in the south of Russia will be closed at least until November 3, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported. Restrictions were introduced at the end of February and have been regularly extended since then The regime of restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia has been extended until November 3, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency told RBC. Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Gelendzhik, Voronezh, Kursk, Krasnodar, Lipetsk, Simferopol, Rostov-on-Don and Elista are still temporarily restricted. All these airports are located not far from the border with Ukraine. They suspended work on the day of the start of the special operation, on February 24. The Federal Air Transport Agency explained that they made such a decision because of the threat to civilian aircraft.
Since then, the restriction has been extended weekly, most recently on October 20.
Due to restrictions on flights to southern airports, Russian Railways sent 144 additional trains towards Adler, Anapa, Novorossiysk, Sochi and other southern cities of Russia and increased the number of seats in the trains. Restrictions on flights also allowed expanding the subsidized transportation program: Rosaviation reported that it was able to include 49 new destinations bypassing Moscow. Additional subsidy agreements have been concluded with 15 air carriers, including Aeroflot and UTair.
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