During the period from January to October, Pulkovo Airport served 17.9 million passengers.

Domestic flights carried 14.3 million people. The most popular destinations were: Moscow, Sochi, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Samara, Murmansk, Ufa and Mineralnye Vody.

International flights were used by 3.6 million passengers. The most popular destinations were Antalya, Istanbul, Minsk, Dubai, Tashkent, Samarkand, Dushanbe, Baku, Yerevan and Sharm el-Sheikh.

The largest increase in traffic volume was in the Chinese directions and amounted to 207%. Passenger traffic also increased in the following directions: Uzbekistan – by 25%, UAE – by 20%, Turkey – by 17%, Belarus – by 16%.

An important role in the development of international transportation is played by the program to increase inbound tourism from the Persian Gulf countries and China. Within the framework of the project, visits of tour operators, journalists and bloggers from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India, Turkey, the UAE and other countries to St. Petersburg were organized. Also, the growth of international passenger traffic was facilitated by the opening of air service between St. Petersburg and Abu Dhabi (UAE), the route  is  1 year old.

The airport has launched a number of new projects to improve the quality of passenger service. In particular, the center for operational management of passenger and transport flows began operating in the summer, the main task of which is to create a seamless path. Thus, after the introduction of the system, it was possible to reduce the average pre-flight service time from 1.5 hours to 30 minutes, and for business tourists from 30 to 9-13 minutes.