Sibir Airlines will benefit the most from demonopolization of international airlines carried out by the Ministry of Transport, Kommersant reports.

The Federal Air Transport Agency unveiled the report of proceedings at the meeting of inter-departmental commission held in late April and dedicated to appointing carriers for international routes. According to the document, Sibir Airlines becomes the second appointed carrier on three popular European destinations.

The carrier now has the permission to perform flights from Moscow to Warsaw (14 flights per week) and Krakov (7 flights per week). Only Aeroflot was being performing flights on these routes before (and LOT Polish Airlines on the part of Poland).

Sibir Airlines was also appointed for Moscow-Helsinki route - the carrier will be performing seven flights per week. The first appointed carriers – Aeroflot and Finnair will be able to perform 14 flights per week.

The changes made in the network of demonopolization of international airlines carried out by the Ministry of Transport are very important for Sibir.

Moreover, the commission decided to expand the geography of flights performed from Sochi. On the threshold of Winter Olympics 2014 the Federal Air Transport Agency allowed Orenair to perform flights from Sochi to the largest European cities – London, Hannover, Madrid, Amsterdam, Oslo, Bratislava, Helsinki, Zurich and Stockholm.