Russia's airports record 0.2% increase in pax for 2016

Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) reported (30-Jan-2017) the following traffic highlights for Russia's airports in 2016:

• Passengers: 159.6 million, +0.2% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 113.2 million, +7.6%;
  • International: 46.4 million, -14.2%;
• Cargo volume: 730,625 tons, +7.6%;
• Mail volume: 109,571 tons, +21.9%.

Russian airports handled 1.1 million transit passengers in 2016, up 13.2% year-on-year. [more - original PR - Russian]