OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 January 2009 was announced, that during 12 months of 2008 3 480 570 passengers were carried by ROSSIYA, a 7,3% increase on the same period in 2007.

1 913 718 passengers were carried on international routes (up 19%) and 1 566 852 on domestic routes (a 4,3% decrease on the same period of the last year) . The airline's passenger turnover increased by 15,2% to 7 729,71 million passenger-kilometers. The total flying time increased by 5,6% to 92 825 hours.

2008 became a year of total renovation of the fleet. ROSSIYA has acquired 14 Airbus and Boeing aircrafts (6 Airbus А319/320, 5 Boeing 737-500 and 3 Boeing 767-300). It is planned to operate 28 international aircrafts by the end of 2009.

In October ROSSIYA has proved its safety and efficiency by getting IOSA Certificate of Operating Safety. ROSSIYA had successfully passed procedure of international audit and received an official IATA notice about including the company in the register of IOSA operators.

Cooperation of ROSSIYA and leading tour operators resulted in organizing large charter programs including direct flights to South-East Asia (Phuket, Goa, Colombo), Israel, Canary Islands.

ROSSIYA has kept leading positions in volume of transportation and passenger turnover on the domestic and international routes that include 70 destinations in Russia, 22 destinations in the CIS, 36 destinations in 20 other countries.