Operational Performance
But dynamics is slowing [...]
Russia’s Azur Air carried more than 1 million passengers in six months
...but this is only 45% of the pre-pandemic level [...]
Ural Airlines reached record passenger traffic
Traffic volumes are noticeably higher than in pre-pandemic 2019 [...]
Russian airlines increased passenger traffic by 8.8% in January-February
15 million passengers were carrier in first two months of 2024 [...]
Russia’s Utair passenger numbers increase 9,4% in nine months of 2023
A privately-owned airline’s traffic now stands at 84% of 2019 levels [...]
Russia’s international air traffic rose to its highest level since the pandemic
But this is still only 39.5% of pre-COVID levels [...]
Russian airlines’ October traffic down 25%
In the first ten months of 2022 Russian airlines saw their traffic decline by 14.3 per cent year-on-year [...]
Russian airlines’ January traffic just 4 per cent short of the norm
And 47 per cent above January 2021 [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic recovery rates slow down in November
Aeroflot and Ural Airlines show decline, Pobeda and Rossiya grow fast, S7 improving [...]
Russian airlines’ October traffic down just 2.2% from pre-crisis levels
RPKs also on recovery track whilst financial performance lags behind [...]
Russian airlines’ August traffic almost back to pre-pandemic levels
While operational results are on a steady recovery track, financial indicators are a growing concern [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 88 per cent of pre-crisis levels in July
The country’s air travel market continues on a steady recovery track [...]
Russia’s domestic traffic up 10 per cent on pre-crisis level
In five months of 2021 Russian airlines served almost 33 million passengers, 26.6 per cent less compared to pre-crisis 2019 [...]
Russian airlines’ May passenger traffic was down only 19.7 per cent on 2019
Increased domestic market activity contributed to positive traffic recovery trend [...]
Aeroflot reclaims leadership of the Russian market
Russian airlines’ April traffic down 23 per cent on pre-crisis levels [...]
Russian airlines’ March traffic only 27 per cent below pre-crisis level
The general operational performance trend is positive [...]
Russia’s airline passenger traffic down 37 per cent in February, on the climb
S7 Airlines is still leading the market, LCC Pobeda Airlines enjoys three per cent growth [...]
January proves better than December for Russia’s airlines
Total traffic was 38 per cent down Y-on-Y, private S7 Airlines still leads the market [...]
2020 first year without traffic growth for Russia’s LCC Pobeda Airlines
However, Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary reports $19 mln net profits for the crisis year [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic down 46 per cent in 2020
Aeroflot remained the country’s largest carrier last year [...]
S7 Airlines retained leadership of the Russian air travel market for 9 months in 2020
none of Russia’s largest airlines managed to improve its December 2019 results [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic down 48 per cent in November
Compared to October, the decline in traffic numbers has aggravated [...]
Six Russian airlines demonstrate improved operational results in September
Russia’s domestic air travel grows 6.8 per cent year-on-year [...]
LCC Pobeda accounted for 35% of Aeroflot group’s total domestic traffic in September
The budget carrier is riding the wave of Russian air travel market recovery [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger numbers down 32.5 per cent in September
This is the best result since April for the local industry [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic reaches 63.4 per cent of 2019 level in August
Low-cost carrier Pobeda boasts double-digit growth amidst the turbulent market [...]
Russian airlines’ traffic doesn’t reach half of July 2019 levels
Despite gradual recovery of the domestic market, remaining restrictions on international travel kept traffic levels low in July [...]
Pobeda Airlines demonstrates traffic growth in July
Unlike the low-cost carrier, Russian airline industry’s average was at 47.2 per cent of July 2019 [...]
Russian airlines’ June traffic at 22.5 per cent of 2019 level
Privately-run S7 Airlines has remained the country’s largest airline for three months in a row [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic plunges 91.3 per cent year-on-year
The country’s carriers served 949,000 passengers in May [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
Russian passenger traffic in early June triples compared to May
But it is still down six-fold year-on-year [...]
Russia’s air travel market hits bottom in April
Last month turns out the worst for the country’s airlines so far this year [...]
Russian airlines passenger numbers plummeted by 91.8 per cent in April
S7 Airlines outperformed flag carrier Aeroflot in the pandemic-stricken market [...]
Ural Airlines leads the world in utilisation rates for the Airbus A320neo
The Russian airline improved its financial performance five-fold last year [...]
Russian airlines traffic numbers slumped by 26.6 per cent in March
LCC Pobeda was the only one in the top-five to see year-on-year growth in the first month of the Coronavirus crisis [...]
Just before the crisis: Russian airlines’ positive operational performances for January and February 2020
These two months are the final period of ‘normal life’ that will be used as the baseline for all future comparisons [...]
Latvia’s airBaltic suspends all flight operations from March 17
To limit the spread of COVID-19, the government of the Baltic country is tightening security measures by suspending international air traffic [...]
Russia’s airlines continued to enjoy notable traffic growth in February
The country’s carriers served 6.5 per cent more passengers last month [...]
airBaltic’s passenger numbers increased by 19 per cent in January
In a good lift-off to 2020, Latvian hybrid airline airBaltic carried 311,000 passengers [...]
Start-up budget carrier saves Kazakhstan’s passenger business from stagnation
Overall, the country’s aviation industry grew last year, but local airlines contributed only a little to the improvement [...]
Insight: A round up of Russian airlines’ passenger traffic performances in 2019
Passenger numbers, trends, RPKs and seat load factors for last year’s top-20 [...]
Passenger numbers through Georgia’s airports dipped by three per cent in January
The Caucasus country’s main airport has dragged the industry’s statistics into the red [...]
Russian airlines demonstrated a 6.4 per cent passenger growth in January
Although, passenger numbers were down at both Aeroflot and Rossiya Airlines [...]
Traffic through Kyrgyzstan’s airports climbs by five per cent
Its share of the international segment of the country’s air travel market has now reached 68 per cent [...]
Fleet expansion inspires Uzbekistan Airways’ traffic growth
The country’s president continues to criticise the industry’s pace of development, though [...]
Russia’s Azur Air enjoyed a 36.6 per cent surge in passenger traffic last year
The country’s largest charter carrier added six wide-body aircraft and served 5.8 million passengers in 2019 [...]
INSIGHT: Russia’s top-30 largest airports in 2019
Growth at Russian airports slowed last year as 20 per cent of local airports suffered traffic declines [...]
Ukraine International Airlines’ passenger numbers declined in 2019
To optimise its capacity and climb out of the red, the Ukrainian flag carrier is to reduce its fleet size in 2020 [...]
Russia’s Utair 2019 results show a slight improvement
Despite some passenger traffic growth the airline has lost its top-five ranking [...]