Rosaviatsia, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, has reported that Russian airlines carried 32 million passengers during the first half of 2012 – an increase of 17% compared to the same period last year. International passenger numbers rose 24.3% to 16.3 million passengers, while domestic traffic rose by 10.3% to 15.7 million.
UTair posted the highest increase by improving passenger figures by 53.4% to 3.6 million. During the same period, Aeroflot’s passenger traffic grew by 27.2% to 8million, while Rossiya carried 1.9 million passengers – an increase of 25.1%.
Sibir carried 2.7 million passengers, up 21%, while Transaero Airlines carried 4.4 million, a rise of 26.2%.
Russia sees 17% boost in traffic during the first half of 2012
