The mechanisms of state support for the integrated development of the country’s air transportation system and regional route networks

One of the key areas of development of the Russian Federation transport system and its regions is the improvement of infrastructure and route networks of passenger air transportation, including in hard-to-reach regions of the Russian Federation. Regional aviation is an important segment of the passenger air transportation network and the entire transport system of the country. In combination with local air transportation, regional aviation in most areas of the Far North and areas equated to them ensures their transport accessibility, aviation mobility of the population and in many cases is an alternative mode of transport. The state support measures for air carriers are being implemented to ensure the stable functioning of air transport and the development of transport accessibility in the regions of the Russian Federation. The article considers the main goals and measures of state subsidization of air transportation in the transport system of the country and its regions, as well as financial and non-financial measures of their state support, including in the context of external sanctions. A subsidy scheme has been proposed to consolidate the existing mechanisms thus ensuring the balanced risk minimization for the state and air carriers while expanding the route network of the country and regions. The processes of development of subsidy mechanisms and the corresponding regulatory and methodological framework, the effectiveness of their implementation, including taking into account the specifics of the northern and hard-to-reach regions, are analyzed.

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