Flights in Russia in economy class have risen in price to a record level in 23 years. According to Kommersant, citing Rosstat data, the cost in May rose to almost 7 thousand rubles. for 1 thousand km. This is 28% more than last year, the statistical office states.
Since the beginning of 2023, such air travel has become more expensive by a third. The previous record is a little less than 6.9 thousand rubles. – the federal service recorded in August 2010.
As Oleg Panteleev, executive director of the Aviaport agency, told the publication, flights in economy class have risen in price for a number of reasons. First of all, the state has significantly reduced support for airlines for transportation within the country. Panteleev recalled that last year the government allocated 100 billion rubles for the spring-summer period. to support carriers, and in 2023 a similar step was not taken.
According to the expert, solvent demand exists, and airlines are trying to take money from the passenger in the absence of massive state support.
Another reason is the rising cost of jet fuel. Also, a number of airlines stopped making payments to foreign leasing corporations and transferred money to type C ruble accounts.
“All this allowed them to make very good money not on a passenger, but on one-time factors. This year, there are no longer those in the same volume, ”Panteleev explained.
Meanwhile, the FAS reported that air tickets in economy class in April added only 4% yoy. The service did not specify specific indicators, but emphasized that prices were affected by seasonality, demand, inflation, as well as sales that airlines launched last year to load aircraft.
Aeroflot CEO Sergei Aleksandrovsky earlier said that over the five months of this year, the cost of tickets for the group increased by an average of 10%. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport warned in April that flights across Russia could rise in price by a third by the summer, and the Ministry of Economic Development at the same time called for preventing a sharp increase in ticket prices.
Source: Rosbalt
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