“Within the framework of the program of subsidized air transportation, the government has allocated an additional 5 billion rubles.
These funds will allow to increase the volume of preferential passenger traffic in the Far East by almost three times, "RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to the minister, those residents of the Far East who did not manage to purchase discounted tickets in early January will be able to buy travel documents at subsidized rates in February.
At the end of December, the Russian government allocated more than 4 billion rubles to subsidize flights around the country in 2020.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin called for "infrastructural stitching" of the vast territory of Russia and instructed to increase subsidies for regional air travel.