MOSCOW, November 23 - RAPSI. The Federal Antimonopoly Service has filed an appeal to cancel its resolution that the Federal Air Transport Agency's actions regarding Transaero hinder the development of competition on the international flight market, the Moscow Commercial Court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Friday.

In October, the Moscow Commercial Court satisfied the Federal Air Transport Agency's lawsuit, which asked the court to dismiss the antimonopoly watchdog's April decision.

Transaero said in late November that the Federal Air Transport Agency illegally prohibited the company from flying to Italy.

Aeroflot, Russia's leading airline and the only carrier that ran Moscow-Rome and Moscow-Milan flights, said Transaero was not entitled to sell tickets on charter flights to Italy because it had not been officially assigned to conduct flights on the route, and it also had not obtained a permit to do so. The Federal Air Transport Agency later said Russia and Italy had agreed to assign one more Russian airline to run Moscow-Rome and Moscow-Milan charter flights during the 2011-2012 winter season.

The antimonopoly watchdog added that, according to the available information, the Federal Air Transport Agency granted permits on November 2 to several airlines, including Transaero, to run charter flights on the Moscow-Rome, Moscow-Milan and Moscow-Venice routes. Transaero entered into contracts to run charter flights in winter 2011-2012 based on the decision.

The airline was expected to start flying to Italy on December 28.

However, the Federal Air Transport Agency annulled the permits on November 10.

Transaero is Russia's first private airline set up on November 5, 1991.