27 Nov 2009 15:26
Russian airlines see passenger volumes decline 4.1% in Jan-Sept
MOSCOW. Nov 27 (Interfax) - Passenger volumes on Russian airlines declined 4.1% in January-September 2009 year-on-year to 30.359 million, the federal air transportation agency Rosaviatsia reported.
The report covers Russia's 15 biggest airlines, which account for 79.3% of total passenger volume.
Passenger turnover for the 15 companies declined 1.3% to 82.6 billion passenger-kilometers in the nine months.
Passenger volumes and seat occupancy for major Russian airlines in January-October:
| Company | Jan-Sept 2008 | Jan-Sept 2009 | % | * |
| Aeroflot | 7 912 800 | 7 294 279 | -7.8 | 69.5 |
| Transaero | 4 287 470 | 4 269 366 | -0.4 | 82.3 |
| Sibir | 5 252 414 | 3 815 770 | -37.4 | 77.2 |
| Rossiya | 3 119 660 | 2 574 115 | -17.5 | 72.0 |
| Utair | 2 809 057 | 2 886 629 | 2.8 | 74.1 |
| Total for five cos | 23 381 401 | 20 840 159 | -11.9 | |
| Orenburg Airlines | 959 760 | 1 375 651 | 43.3 | 96.5 |
| Urals Airlines | 1 285 101 | 1 286 241 | 0.1 | 68.1 |
| Vladivostok Avia | 744 385 | 926 393 | 24.5 | 78.9 |
| VIM-Avia | 1 440 851 | 1 132 040 | -21.4 | 79.5 |
| Atlant-Soyuz | 1 371 582 | 891 497 | -35 | 78.2 |
| Nordwind | 0 | 736 112 | - | 92.8 |
| Globus | 435 028 | 895 831 | 110 | 80.9 |
| Donavia | 1 191 599 | 1 064 674 | -10.7 | 81.1 |
| Yakutia | 463 846 | 569 457 | 22.8 | 73.1 |
| Red Wings | 394 520 | 641 280 | 62.5 | 90.3 |
| Total: | 31 668 073 | 30 359 335 | -4.1 |
*- Seat occupancy (%)
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