Pres aide calls for large-scale support to Russian civil aviation

MOSCOW, Mar 24 (PRIME) -- Russian civil aviation requires large-scale support amid the outbreak of coronavirus, presidential aide Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.

"This is serious. Our airlines are bearing colossal losses. They need to pay huge money for the planes, they are kept on the ground and carry no flights for the reasons that we know all too well,” Ivanov said.

“The international flights, which used to be most profitable, have almost been nullified, domestic flights fell by 15%."

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