The presence of many hard-to-reach areas, largedistances and underdeveloped infrastructure in Russia provides a large role for aviation. It is this transport industry that should provide access to all corners of Russia. But the country stands at the very edge of the crisis, the main component of the air market, namely, the crisis of regional airlines.
International transport between megacities, intensive domestic routes are taken over by major airlines, for example «" and others.Communication with remote areas, between regions, is carried out by local companies. But a systemic problem has arisen, connected with the withdrawal from the market of such companies as "Continent", "KD Avia", "Avianovs", and also there is a complicated situation in the airline "Kuban". However, this problem has its own objective and subjective grounds.
Objectively small regional companiesare experiencing difficulties due to a sharp rise in price of fuel, higher prices and tariffs for air navigation services and airports. Large airlines have more opportunities to survive this crisis.
Subjective lack of legislative barrierLimiting the ability of major carriers to understate prices for various flights. And, as a consequence, pushing small regional companies to bankruptcy.
Government-sponsored subsidy programsair transport are oriented, mainly, to large airlines. Also, new, government-accepted certification requirements will hamper the creation of new airlines and the further development of domestic, regional air transportation. Obligatory presence in the park of the airline of at least 8 vehicles with a capacity of more than 55 passenger seats does not contribute to the further development of small airlines.
Возможное закрытие межрегиональных маршрутов will lead to a narrowing of the space of such flights towards the capital center and weakening of communication between the regions. Currently, there are only stable flights between 25 major cities and, in most cases, flights pass through Moscow.
Approval of the development programair transportation until 2025, contributes to the improvement of the situation. The Russian aircraft industry has an internal development potential that is not fully used. Russia in the world market has a good position, ranking third after the EU and the United States. The implementation of the program will entail a change in the global aviation market of the competitive position of the domestic aircraft industry. Updating the fleet of Russian airlines will increase flight safety. At present, the average age is determined at the main trunk airplanes at 17 years, and at regional vessels - about 30 years. The Government set a priority task in the field of air transportation. There is a significant increase in the volume of traffic on international lines. The decrease in traffic growth on domestic routes is due to the fact that the increase in prices for Aeroflot tariffs exceeds the growth of Russians' income. For the economic development of remote regions, it is necessary to increase the number of interregional transportations. The implementation of the program will help to increase the frequency of flights on domestic flights, the availability of air transport for the population, and increase the mobility of the air market.
The rapid development of the Internet contributes to the expansion of international air transportation. It's enough just to go to any airline and book a ticket to any pointof the world. Simultaneously, you can choose the most suitable for the terms, price and comfort of the flight. In general, in Russia there are all trends for a more successful development of the air market.
