Russia’s international traffic drops 15.8% in 2015

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Russia’s international traffic drops 15.8% in 2015

International traffic for Russian airlines was down 15.8% in 2015 to 39.5 million year-over-year (YOY), according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.

Domestic traffic was up 13.6% to 52.6 million. The total number of passengers carried reached 92.1 million, down 1.2% YOY. In December, international traffic was down 30.7%, due to the closure of Egyptian destinations, Turkey’s charter flight ban and the Transaero collapse. InNovember, traffic dropped 28.4%.

In 2015, Russia’s Aeroflot carried 26.1 million passengers, up 10.6%. Aeroflot Group—which also includes Rossiya Airline, OrenAir, Donavia, Aurora and Pobeda Airline—carried 39.4 million in 2015, up 13.4% YOY.

S7 Airlines carried 10.6 million passengers in 2015, up 5.6%, 8.2 million passengers were carried by Sibir branch and 2.4 million by Globus.

UTair, which announced a debt portfolio refinancing, carried 5.5 million passengers, down 25.3% YOY. Transaero, which ceased its operations in October, carried 11.2 million in 2015. Ural Airlines carried 5.4 million, up 5.5% YOY.