Russia will launch a pilot project for the sale of discounted air tickets

From January 1 to July 1, 2025 in the Russian Federation will begin pilot sale of tickets via the Internet for some categories of citizens participating in the program of preferential air travel. This is stated in a document on the website of the Russian government on December 16.

"The participants of the experiment will be privileged people - young people under the age of 23, pensioners, disabled people and large families, who now have to go to ticket offices to buy an air ticket at a special fare. We are also talking about residents of the Far Eastern Federal District and the Kaliningrad region," the document says.

The success of the pilot project will simplify the procedure of purchasing tickets for the privileged, including the disabled, and reduce the time for checking the reporting of air carriers, necessary for granting subsidies.

In Russia, some passengers can save money on flights across the country under the air ticket subsidy program. For some destinations a trip will cost two or even three times cheaper than usual. All because the costs are partially covered by regional budgets. Subsidized air tickets are discounted airfares for certain categories of passengers.

Earlier, in the summer of this year, it became known that in Russia simplified the provision of subsidies for payment of housing and communal services (HCS), now citizens will be enough to submit an electronic application through the portal "Gosusgoservices". It is specified that the main part of documents will be requested by state agencies through the system of interdepartmental electronic interaction.