August 22, 2011, Moscow. – JSC “Aeroflot - Russian Airlines” summed up traffic and capacity statistics for July and 7 months of 2011.
In July 2011passenger turnover of the company went up by 18.7% against the same period in 2010 and totaled 4,358.4 mln passenger-kilometers. The highest growth (+20.6%) is detected at international flights with the passenger turnover made 2,932.2 mln passenger-kilometers. The domestic traffic turnover reached 1,426.2 mln passenger-kilometers which is 14.9% more if compared to July 2010.
Seat load factor totaled 83.9%.
Total passenger traffic improved by 24.1% coming to 1,469.1 ths passengers, which is the highest monthly passenger traffic for Russian civil aviation. The international traffic rose by 22.0% (+165.0 ths passengers) hitting 915.0 ths passengers. The number of passengers served on domestic lines was 554.1 ths which is 27.7% more (+120.3 ths passengers) against July 2010.
Aeroflot’s cargo-mail tonnage totaled 13,443.9 tonne in July 2011.
The results for 7 months of 2011 show that Aeroflot passenger turnover was 23,210.8 mln passenger-kilometers, a 20.2% (+3,908.2 mln pkm) growth compared with the results for the same period of 2010. The number of carried passengers increased by 22.6% (+1,423.5 ths passengers) to become 7,709.0 ths passengers. The seat load factor also increased to 76.9%, a 0.3 percentage points growth compared to the same period of the previous year.
|
# |
Basic production factors |
Unit |
7m2010 |
7m2011 |
Change |
|
1. |
Passengers carried |
thsPAX |
6,285.5 |
7,709.0 |
+22.6% |
|
|
International |
thsPAX |
3,953.6 |
4,863.8 |
+23.0% |
|
|
Domestic |
thsPAX |
2,331.9 |
2,845.2 |
+22.0% |
|
2. |
Passenger turnover |
mlnRPK |
19,302.6 |
23,210.8 |
+20.2% |
|
|
International |
mlnRPK |
13,103.1 |
16,168,4 |
+23.4% |
|
|
Domestic |
mlnRPK |
6,199.5 |
7,042.4 |
+13.6% |
|
3. |
Passenger load factor |
% |
76.6 |
76.9 |
+0.3 pp |
|
|
International |
% |
75.5 |
76.4 |
+0.9 pp |
|
|
Domestic |
% |
79.1 |
78.1 |
-1.0 pp |
|
4. |
Available seat kilometers |
mln ASK |
25,192.5 |
30,172.7 |
+19.8% |
|
|
International |
mln ASK |
17,359.1 |
21,160.4 |
+21.9% |
|
|
Domestic |
mln ASK |
7,833.4 |
9,012.3 |
+15.0% |
pp – percentage point
According to General director of JSC “Aeroflot” – Vitaliy Saveliev: “Constant growth of passenger traffic indicates the level of the passengers’ trust. Traditions of the domestic civil aviation’s flagship, potential of technical and production opportunities, aspiration for developing and innovation, accurate process of the staff recruitment allow Aeroflot to be the certain leader of the airline sector”.
Aeroflot - Russia’s leading air carrier, member of the global SkyTeam alliance with a consolidated route network covering 898 destinations in 169 countries. In 2010, the Aeroflot Group carried 14.07 million passengers.
Aeroflot is the first Russian carrier to have entered the IOSA Registry, and to have regularly confirmed the certificate. Aeroflot has successfully passed the ISAGO (IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations) procedure. The company’s Quality Management System is certified for compliance with ISO 9001:2008.
Aeroflot enters the world top 25 airlines by Air Transport World magazine for financial and economic results (“operating profit” and “net profit” category) in 2009
Aeroflot operates one of Europe’s youngest air fleets that consists of 101 aircraft. Aeroflot is based in Moscow, in Sheremetyevo International Airport. Find more at www.aeroflot.ru.
