the President of Russia on 6 July met with the head of “Aeroflot” Vitaly Saveliev. On it, in particular, discussed the state of the airline industry in General and also about when abroad access will be closed due to coronavirus airports.
“it is Unclear that will make our partners in many countries, including in Europe,” said Putin at a meeting broadcast which led the TV channel “Russia 24”.
the Russian President noted that “among themselves yet they can not understand. “And it is unclear when they will open their borders and territory to third country nationals, including Russian citizens, even during the summer vacations,” Putin added.
In this regard, he noted, are very relevant assessment of the head of “Aeroflot” about which is now the state of the industry and how he sees the way out of this situation.
the Russian President believes that “the time has come to revisit this issue and to outline concrete steps”.
Earlier it was reported that the Federal air transport Agency has extended a ban on flights to Russia from abroad has been extended to 1 August.
transport Minister Eugene Dietrich, for his part, said that the flights abroad will be allowed after the authorities are convinced of the safety of flights within the country, and expressed cautious hope that this may happen in July.