MOSCOW: Authorities in Crimea said Saturday they plan to set up an airline to facilitate connections with Russia and encourage tourism in the picturesque Black Sea peninsula, a year after the Ukrainian territory was annexed by Moscow.
It requires a fleet of six aircraft and 40 pilots to serve 14 destinations initially, later rising to 36, according to a statement on the Crimean government website.
“For this project, we need 1.45 billion rubles” (€22 million, US$24 million) Sergei Tourik, an official with Russian manufacturer United Aircraft Company, said in a meeting with Crimea’s prime minister Sergei Aksyonov, according to the statement.
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Source: theSun
