Airline Passenger Volumes Recovering , Federal Air Transport Agency - РОСАВИАЦИЯ
Release Date: 2010-08-26
The number of airline passengers increased 30 percent in the first seven months of the year, showing that the business is recovering after the economic crisis, the Federal Air Transportation Agency said on August 26.The number of passengers came to 31.2 million in January through July, compared with 24 million a year before, the agency said on its web site. Airlines carried even more passengers than they did in the first, pre-crisis seven months of 2008.
The number of cross-border passengers rose by 33 percent to reach 15.1 million, while the figure for domestic flights increased by 27 percent to 16 million, according to the Federal Air Transportation Agency.
The increase was largely driven by state-owned Aeroflot, which carried 6.3 million passengers, or 33 percent more than in January - July 2009.
The airline was followed by Transaero, with the number of passengers increasing by 39 percent to 3.6 million.
Russia's 4 biggest airlines — Aeroflot, Transaero, S7 Airlines and UTair — reported strong financial results in the first half of 2010, with Transaero increasing its net income according to Russian accounting standards more than sixfold to 107 million rubles ($3.5 million).
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | Federal Air Transport Agency - РОСАВИАЦИЯ |
| Country: | Russian Federation |