OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 March 2008 was announced, that in the first two months of the year “Rossiya-Russian Airlines” carried a total of 366, 681 passengers in its own aircraft fleet (an increase of 13,1% on the same period in 2007). The total includes 188,809 passengers carried on domestic routes (+2,7 %), and 177,872 on international and CIS routes (+26,9%).

In 2007 “Rossiya” carried a total of 3,244,585 passengers in its own aircraft fleet. The “Rossiya ” route map now encompasses 70 destinations in the Russian Federation, 20 in seven CIS countries, and 35 in twenty countries further afield. The planned introduction of modern medium- and long-haul airliners, the opening of new routes, the expansion of cooperation with partner airlines and its status of a designated carrier on international routes is enabling “Rossiya” to develop dynamically, increasing its volume of passenger flights.