The interdepartmental commission on international flights authorizations under the Russian Ministry of Transport approved seven international routes for Pobeda lowcoster [Aeroflot’s subsidiary - TASS], a source close to the airline told TASS on Tuesday. "The interdepartmental commission approved issue of conditional authorizations for seven international routes of Pobeda airlines. These are from Moscow to Bratislava, Dresden, Cologne, Bergamo, Salzburg, Chambery and Verona," the source said. Authorizations will be issued as soon as amendments to the Federal Air Regulations canceling the condition of mandatory two-year domestic flight operations of airlines are approved, the source said. "As soon as amendments are approved, Pobeda will send a request to the Foreign Ministry and will be ready to open sales for international flights," the source added. Pobeda Airline affiliated with the Aeroflot Group started ticket sales in November 2014 and plans to carry 2.8 - 3.2 mln of passengers by 2015 year-end.

Low-cost airline Pobeda (100% "daughter" of Aeroflot) refused to access for flights to 15 countries, according to the materials of the Federal Air Transport Agency. Thus, the company was denied the complex admission, which includes the following countries: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Spain, Israel, Italy, France, Cuba, Jordan, Latvia, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Hungary.

Aeroflot airline plans to redistribute flights if its daughter companies among Moscow airports, the newspaper Kommersant wrote with reference to its sources. According to the newspaper, Aeroflot is negotiating the transfer from Sheremetyevo of all flights of Donavia and from Vnukovo the part of the flights of Orenburg airlines to Domodedovo. According to sources of the newspaper, thus "Aeroflot" wants to avoid internal competition with its low-cost airline Pobeda, but it is possible that the companies of the group will take in Domodedovo the place of Transaero (the company is in the process of accession to the group of Aeroflot), the number of flights of Transaero can be reduced by 70%.

Aeroflot subsidiary Pobeda airline can begin international flights in the winter of 2015 to CIS countries, the Balkan region, Germany and Italy, a source in Aeroflot told TASS Wednesday. "This will be possible in case restrictions of the Federal Aviation Regulations are lifted," he said. Now, according to the requirements, the airline can gain admission to carry out international flights only after it has been carrying out flights for two years. Pobeda airline plans to transport 2.8-3.2 mln passengers in 2015. By 2018, the fleet may consist of about 40 aircraft and the volume of passenger traffic will reach 10 mln people per year, allowing the company to enter the top five Russian airlines. Currently the company’s fleet consists of 11 Boeing 737-800.

Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda has canceled flights to Italy scheduled for March 11 through 31 after a quarantine imposed by the Italian government on some provinces.