Russia’s Yamal Airlines pursues network and fleet expansion

Russia's Yamal Airlines has been transforming its operations over the past year with significant network development and fleet modernisation and expansion. The airline transported 912,000 passengers in 2012 and is aiming to increase its passenger traffic to 1.5 million in 2013.

Yamal is currently Russia's 10th largest carrier overall with 42,500 total weekly seats on offer, according to CAPA and Innovata data. Domestically it is the seventh largest carrier in Russia with around 38,500 weekly domestic seats offered.