RUSSIA OVERLIGHT CHARGES SIBERIA MAINTAINED
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA'S transport minister Igor Levitin has said Russia will not abandon overflight charges paid by foreign aeroplanes flying over its territory before 2013, Moscow's Interfax news agency has reported. Levitin said this was despite protests from the European Union, which is particularly critical of the fees being paid directly to Russia's national carrier Aeroflot.
RUSSIA'S transport minister Igor Levitin has said Russia will not abandon overflight charges paid by foreign aeroplanes flying over its territory before 2013, Moscow's Interfax news agency has reported. Levitin said this was despite protests from the European Union, which is particularly critical of the fees being paid directly to Russia's national carrier Aeroflot.
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.