OREANDA-NEWS. On October 16, 2008 JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines has summed up the results for the September and nine months of 2008, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

In September, 2008 the airline carried 864.1 thous. passengers (including 6.8 thous. passengers on its charter flights) and performed 2 bln 553 mln passenger-kilometres. Passenger load factor amounted to 76.2%, and commercial load reached the 62,5% mark in September.

Compared to activities in 2007, all performance indicators rose in September:  carriage of passengers increased by 15.0% and passenger turnover increased by 12.5%. The amount of passenger carriage on international flights rose by 4.2%, while the amount of domestic flights increased by 37.1%.

Over the nine months of 2008, Aeroflot carried 7 mln 138 thous. passengers and performed 20 bln 791 mln passenger-kilometres. Passenger load factor amounted to 71.8%, and commercial load reached the 56.8% mark.

As compared to the indicators in 2007, over the nine months there were the following increases in the indicators: passenger carriage volume rose by 14.8% and passenger turnover rose by 10.7%.