Russian airlines carried 5.96 mln passengers in February 2022, up by 19.4% year-on-year, according to the updated information provided by the Federal Aviation Agency on Friday. Earlier reports said Russian airlines increased air service by 28%, while passenger flow amounted to 6.41 mln.

According to revised figures, 14 mln passengers were carried in January-February (up by 33.8% in annual terms).

Particularly, Aeroflot carried 1.27 mln people in February (up 28.4%), S7 served 1.15 mln passengers (up 9.3%), Pobeda carried slightly over 1 mln people (up 19.5%), Ural Airlines - 468,500 (up 16%), UTair - 413,500 (up 24.2%).