RUSSIA FEES DEAL
July 1st, 2004
Keith Nuthall
THE POPULARITY of Russian airports as stopovers for European airlines on trips to east Asia is to rise, with the Russian government agreeing to cut expensive fees charged for flights crossing Siberia. This came in a wide-ranging deal struck with the European Union (EU), helping Russia join the World Trade Organisation. Moscow promised to make these fees cost-based, transparent and non-discriminatory by 2013.
THE POPULARITY of Russian airports as stopovers for European airlines on trips to east Asia is to rise, with the Russian government agreeing to cut expensive fees charged for flights crossing Siberia. This came in a wide-ranging deal struck with the European Union (EU), helping Russia join the World Trade Organisation. Moscow promised to make these fees cost-based, transparent and non-discriminatory by 2013.
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