The likelihood of resuming flights from Russia to the UAE after the truce has been assessed

The chances of resuming flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are low. This was stated by Artur Muradian, Vice President of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), CEO of the Space Travel tour operator, on Thursday, April 9.

"I think there are chances, but I would rate them as low, since security should still be maintained after the end of the truce, and not for this period," he said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

According to him, in case of successful negotiations between the countries, it will be possible to talk about the safe flight of tourists.

"The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are closely monitoring the situation. So far, the ban is in effect on flights of Russian carriers on the 17th. At the moment, there is a recommendation from the Ministry of Economic Development to refrain from selling tours to the Middle East for all Russian travel companies," Muradyan said.

He admitted that it might take two or three weeks to lift the restrictions.

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Earlier in the day, the press service of the Ministry of Transport said that the decision to resume flights of Russian airlines to the Middle East would be made taking into account safety and the recommendations of the Russian Foreign Ministry. 360.ru .

Sergey Alexandrovsky, CEO of Aeroflot, announced on April 1 that the airline had suspended ticket sales in the UAE until the end of May, RT reports.

On March 12, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that an order had been signed to compensate tourists who had suffered losses as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. At the same time, the deadline for payment of contributions to the fund for the first quarter of this year is postponed from April 15 to June 15.

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