Igor Levitin is on a two-day visit to the United States to discuss air traffic and transport security cooperation, as well as the development of Russian transport infrastructure.
"The U.S. side has asked us to increase the number of flights along the crosspolar route by almost 20%," he said.
He said the matter will be examined in the foreseeable future because the proposal is advantageous to Russia.
Levitin said earlier today there is a pressing need for Russia to harmonize its flight safety procedures with international standards.
"Flight safety is of great importance to us. We realize that we can only achieve high safety standards if our flight safety regulations are harmonized with those that exist in other countries," he said.
Levitin also said Boeing [NYSE: BA] has offered Russia its services in setting up co-production projects.
He did not say specifically what services the airplane-making giant offered Russia, but indicated that the offer came in the context of the United Aircraft Building Corporation, an umbrella group that will consolidate major domestic assets in the sector.
"In establishing the United Aircraft Building Corporation, we realized that we will need partners. This could be a U.S. company, Boeing, or a European company, EADS," he said, adding that partnership negotiations are ongoing.
Igor Levitin has met with heads of the U.S. transportation security administration and U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, and attended a session of the American-Russian Business Council.
