In Russia to allow carriers of passengers by air, rail and water not to return customer money for tickets in a pandemic coronavirus. About it writes “Kommersant”.
it is Assumed that companies have to learn the new format, they will be able to transfer the equivalent funds into the personal account of the passenger for the next purchase or to issue a voucher for future travel.
According to the newspaper, the authorities have already prepared the corresponding bill, it can be submitted for consideration in may and adopted in case of establishment in the country of high alert or emergency. The Ministry of transport confirmed the fact of participation in the elaboration of the document, the economy Ministry said that this initiative is contained in the draft law, submitted to the government.
Measures were “saving” in particular for the aviation industry, which otherwise expect mass bankruptcy — the newspaper writes that the volume of returns there are currently can reach up to 70 billion rubles. In turn, the Railways returned to clients for eight billion rubles, and the largest cruise companies have to give at least 2.2 billion rubles of advance payments that have already been spent for the needs of the fleet.
it is Noted that some experts call the initiative belated, but necessary — in their opinion, this way will be able to resolve the situation in the industry. However, it is believed that a similar solution — “afterthought” to deprive the Russians the right to reclaim the money — contrary to the common law.
In late March, the Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko instructed the senators to prepare an appeal to the Ministry of transport to the citizens returned the funds for the purchased tickets because of the restrictions in pandemic coronavirus. However, she noted that all companies are currently in dire economic Straits, and the government is considering the support of the aviation industry.
