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Mar 14, 2023 (newstodate): The volume of transit flights through Russia's airspace dipped steeply in 2022, as confirmed by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency.
   In 2022, a total of 79,652 transit flights were performed through Russian airspace, a drop by 59 percent, y-o-y.
   Since the 80'ies, Russia has collected massive royalties from airlines operating on the Transsiberian air lanes; however, the Russian ban on "unfriendly" airlines' flights through its airspace has an adverse effect on the country itself: in 2019, airlines paid about 1.6 bio euro on overflight charges - money badly needed to keep Russia's commercial aviation, primarily Aeroflot, in the air, and leading to deep cuts in Rosaviatsyiya's budgets for staff and equipment.
   In the skies over Russia in 2022, Russian ATC served 1.4 million flights, 13 percent less than in 2021.  
   The reduction in the volume of flights is explained by the restriction of the work of 11 airports in the central and southern parts of the Russian Federation, the closure of the airspace of a number of states for Russian airlines, as well as Russia's retaliatory measures against carriers from 36 "unfriendly" states.