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The first flights within Moscow and to towns within a 600-km radius of the city are

scheduled for 2006. The city's authorities are ready to invest $350 million in the pro-

ject in 10 years. Atlant-Soyuz intends to purchase 35 planes and 37 helicopters for the

project.

In all, 20 helicopter pads are planned to be constructed. They will be situated on top

of commercial centers and multi-story parking lots of the capital. The pads are also to

be built on rivers in places where they do not obstruct navigation. "In all, two to three

flights will be conducted from each pad per day during daylight hours; therefore, they

will hardly bother local residents," Zorin told journalists.

The plan can be implemented in two steps. The first step, the pilot project, will in-

clude the creation of the infrastructure, as well as the communication network be-

tween ground and air components of the new system. The second step is meant to

improve the program. While realizing the pilot project, the organizers want to use ex-

isting helicopter pads. The main destinations for passengers who choose helicopters

will be to Moscow airports, heliports, helicopter pads within the limits of the city and

administrative and recreation centers within a 400-km radius off the capital.

At the same time, new helicopter pads and heliports will be built on the territory of

Moscow and the Moscow region, head of Atlant-Soyuz PR department Georgy

Bautin told The Moscow News. Planes will also be used as air taxis. According to the

plan, at the pilot stage inhabitants of Central Federal District's 14 towns should get an

opportunity to fly to Moscow's Vnukovo airport and back. Planes will also implement

booked and charter passenger transits.

One of the most important problems is safety, and not only for passengers and pilots.

Expecting numerous questions from Muscovites, Zorin told reporters that taxi flights

in the city would be only conducted on helicopters over non-residential areas and riv-

ers. All the tracks are being negotiated with military and security services. For safety

reasons, the altitude will be no more than 900 meters. When conducting a market re-

search on helicopters and planes to be used as air taxis, specialists are said to have

paid the main attention to reliability, meeting the security demands for flights over

Moscow, economic efficiency and ecological safety. The organizers are also working

out anti-terrorist measures. A system is being developed for banning take-offs of heli-

copters and planes without a special command from the control station.