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It is specified that in this case, the department warns, operators are liable to customers for improper service delivery.
According to the interlocutor of the publication, on the cargo-passenger flights, the organized tour groups currently mainly fly to Cyprus and Tunisia, which are not on the list of the headquarters.
In December 2020, the Federal Air Transport Agency sent a notification to Russian airlines about the ban on taking Russians on cargo-passenger flights from Russia to countries with which air traffic is closed.
The department explained that "passenger-and-freight flights are intended for the export of foreigners from the territory of Russia and the return of Russians to their homeland."
Eduardo Santander, Executive Director of the European Tourism Commission, assessed the prospects for opening new destinations for Russians.
In an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, he said that there is hope that this could happen in the summer of 2021.
As Santander noted, Russians play an essential role for the tourism industry in many European countries, including Greece, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic and France.