“At the instruction of the head of state, the government has prepared a comprehensive program for the development of air transport for the next seven years.

The corresponding order has been signed," he said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers.

It is noted that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov and Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov have been appointed curators of the program.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said that Russian enterprises in the aviation industry were provided with orders for at least six years.