Russian airlines increased traffic by 4.5% in the first quarter

Previously, in the first quarter of 2023, Russian airlines carried 20.7 million people, which is 4.5% more than in the same period last year, informs TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the country.

“According to preliminary data, in the first three months of 2023, Russian airlines carried 20.7 million passengers, which is 4.5% more than in the same period in 2022 (19.8 million passengers),” the ministry said.

Earlier it became known that the group “Aeroflot“(includes airlines”Aeroflot”, “Russia” and “Victory”) in March 2023. increased passenger traffic year on year by 50.3% to 3.3 million people. In March last year, the group carried 2.2 million passengers. In January-March 2023, the group’s passenger traffic increased by 11.3% to 9.5 million people.

Earlier, Pobeda CEO Dmitry Tyshchuk told Vedomosti that in 2023 the low-cost airline plans to increase traffic by 11% to 13 million passengers. According to him, the company intends to achieve these indicators by increasing the intensity of operation of the aircraft fleet and opening new directions. In 2022, Pobeda, according to a top manager, carried 11.7 million passengers.

January 13 “Vedomosti” with reference to the closed statistics of the Federal Air Transport Agency wrotethat Russian airlines carried a total of 95.1 million passengers in 2022. A newspaper source familiar with preliminary air travel statistics for last year said the figure was “very close to that figure.” Thus, the final passenger traffic in 2022 turned out to be 16 million people (14.3%) less than a year earlier, and 5 million below the bar set in March 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin.