Russian traffic up 12.3% in Jan-Aug-2011

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency reported (29-Sep-2011) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2011:

• Passenger numbers: 7.7 million, +15.0% year-on-year;
  • Domestic: 3.8 million, +13.1%;
  • International: 3.9 million, +16.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 84.3%, -0.3 ppts;
  • Domestic: 79.4%, -1.9 ppt;
  • International: 88.1%, +0.8 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 83,926 tonnes, +8.9%;
  • Domestic: 27,714 tonnes, +19.8%;
  • International: 56,212 tonnes, +4.2%.

Eight months ended Aug-2011:

• Passenger numbers: 42.6 million, +12.3% year-on-year;
  
  • Domestic: 21.7 million, +11.8%;
  • International: 20.9 million, +12.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 77.4%, -1.5 ppts;
  
  • Domestic: 71.6%, -2.9 ppt;
  • International: 81.8%, -0.4 ppts;
• Cargo volume: 619,096 tonnes, +5.9%;
  
  • Domestic: 180,306 tonnes, +13.9%;
  • International: 438,790 tonnes, +3.0%.

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency reported (29-Sep-2011) traffic highlights for the eight months ended Aug-2011 for Russian carriers:

Top five airlines by passenger number:

• Aeroflot - Russian Airlines:
  • Passenger numbers: 9.2 million, +23.0% year-on-year;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.0%, +0.4 ppts;
• Transaero:
  
  • Passenger numbers: 5.6 million, +28.3% year-on-year;
  • Passenger load factor: 82.7%, -1.7 ppts;
• UTair:
  • Passenger numbers: 3.5 million, +17.7% year-on-year;
  • Passenger load factor: 73.0%, -5.2 ppts;
• Siberia Airlines:
  • Passenger numbers: 3.3 million, +3.5% year-on-year;
  • Passenger load factor: 75.3%, -1.8 ppts;
• Rossiya:
  • Passenger numbers: 2.3 million, +11.3% year-on-year;
  • Passenger load factor: 76.2%, -0.2 ppts.

Top five airlines by cargo volume:

• AirBridgeCargo:
  • Cargo volume: 235,921 tonnes, +20.5% year-on-year;
  • Load factor: 71.7%, -1.9 ppts;
• Aeroflot - Russian Airline:
  • Cargo volume: 98,248 tonnes, -5.8% year-on-year;
  • Load factor: 62.0%, -1.2 ppts;
• Volga-Dnepr Airlines:
  • Cargo volume: 40,712 tonnes, -34.7% year-on-year;
  • Load factor: 50.6%, -7.1 ppts;
• Polet Airlines:
  • Cargo volume: 35,586 tonnes, +29.5% year-on-year;
  • Load factor: 41.5%, +0.8 ppts;
• Transaero:
  • Cargo volume: 30,704 tonnes, +33.8% year-on-year;
  • Load factor: 63.1%, -5.9 ppts.