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According to Rosstat, in May, the average cost of flights in the economy class cabin reached 6972.36 rubles per 1 thousand km — the indicator increased by 28% over the year, which is the maximum since 2000. Prior to that, the record ticket price in the «economy» was 6892.51 rubles. and was fixed in August 2010.

The German Ministry of Defense did not publish comments on the incident.

This was confirmed by the head of the French Defense Ministry, Sebastian Lecorny.

The airliners did not enter the airspace of the United States or Canada.

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev (pictured) estimated the shortage of personnel in the Russian aviation industry at the level of 14 thousand people. He noted that the industry is still experiencing an acute shortage of engineering and technical personnel and workers, including designers and technologists.

17 planes were unable to land in St. Petersburg today due to strong winds.

As of Thursday morning, according to the Yandex.Schedule service, more than 50 flights were delayed or canceled at three Moscow airports.