Russia grounded nearly all international flights in late March amid the coronavirus outbreak, allowing only special flights evacuating Russians from abroad and other flights authorized by the government. Since then, Russia has reported more than 476,000 Covid-19 cases, becoming the world's third most-affected country by the pandemic.

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, plans to send its proposal to restart international flights in five weeks to Russia's consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, RBC and TASS cited unnamed sources as saying.

Rosaviatsia reportedly seeks to restart flights to and from 15 countries, including China, South Korea, Turkey and European countries where the coronavirus crisis has eased. An Interfax source identified the countries as former Soviet republics.

"Nearly every country" would be available for business aviation, according to a TASS source.

The resumption would be contingent on the destination countries agreeing to accept flights from Russia, the outlets reported.