RUSSIA FEES DEAL
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EXPENSIVE overflight fees charged on airlines crossing Siberia on long-haul trips are to fall following a wide-ranging trade deal struck between the European Union (EU) and Russia. It included a pledge by Moscow to revamp the charging system for EU airlines flying over Siberia, making it cost-based, transparent and non-discriminatory by 2013.
EXPENSIVE overflight fees charged on airlines crossing Siberia on long-haul trips are to fall following a wide-ranging trade deal struck between the European Union (EU) and Russia. It included a pledge by Moscow to revamp the charging system for EU airlines flying over Siberia, making it cost-based, transparent and non-discriminatory by 2013.
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