Russia's Transport Ministry expects volume of air transportation to be at current year's level in 2025
MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Passenger traffic of Russian airlines is likely to remain at the current year's level in 2025, Transport Minister Roman Starovoit told Interfax.
"I think [it will remain] at this year's level," Starovoit said in response to Interfax's corresponding question.
Russian airlines will transport around 111 million people in 2024, up from 105.4 million the previous year, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday during a Q&A session. This represents a 5.3% increase and aligns with the Transport Ministry's forecast, which had earlier projected passenger flows at over 110 million people, including 86 million people on domestic flights within Russia.
A total of 103.6 million people were transported in January-November 2024, up 6.1% year-on-year, according to data from the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya). Domestic traffic reached 78.7 million people, up 2.1%, while international traffic was 24.9 million, up 21%. Total passenger turnover for this period amounted to 265.1 billion passenger-kilometers, up 8.3%, with November alone accounting for 20.7 billion passenger-kilometers, up 7%.
According to the conservative forecast of the Transport Ministry's State Research Institute of Civil Aviation, Russian airlines will transport 112 million people in 2024, including 84 million people on domestic flights and 28 million on international flights, up 6.3% compared to 2023. However, due to a shortage of aircraft, the total number may fall to 95.1 million in 2025 and to 91.2 million in 2026.