MOSCOW, May 14. The cost of drones in Russia after the restriction of their flights in a number of regions of the country has decreased, but their owners are in no hurry to sell, said First Deputy General Director, co-founder of the Fly Dron company (a company participating in the NTI Aeronet market) Alexander Kaniovsky.
On May 3, the Kremlin announced that at night the Kyiv regime made an attempt to strike a UAV at the Kremlin residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The President was not in the Kremlin at the time of the attempt to attack the Kremlin with drones. In Moscow, from the same day, a ban on the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles was introduced, only drones used by decision of state authorities did not fall under the ban on launching, said the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. In addition, at the moment, restrictions on drone flights have been introduced in many regions of the Russian Federation.
«Prices for drones have indeed decreased now. But not due to the mass sales of used drones. In reality, such a phenomenon is not observed on the corresponding platforms The main reason for the current price trend is the temporarily absent demand for UAVs due to flight bans,» Kaniovsky said.
Many, the expert notes, have simply postponed the purchase of a copter for the time being — even taking into account the possible discount, this is far from small money, and there is no opportunity to fly freely.
«At the same time, the «acting» owners are in no hurry to sell their devices from their hands. This is pointless. After all, now it will be possible to sell only cheaply, and then, if anything, you will have to buy again at a high price. No matter how long the bans last, the drone will not is a perishable commodity, and «lying in the bins» does not require any investments,» Kaniovsky added.
Internet price comparison service Price.ru reported that the demand in online stores for the purchase of quadrocopters decreased by 8.5% in the first week of May (May 1-7) compared to the previous week (April 24-30). At the same time, the demand for quadrocopters online decreased by 20% in April of this year compared to the same period a year earlier.