OREANDA-NEWS  On 28 October Pulkovo Airport published activities results for August and nine months of 2008.

Results of September 2008

According to September results 2008 the passenger traffic at Pulkovo Airport had a total enrolment of 713 749 people, which is 8,1% more than it was in September 2007, including:

International airlines passenger traffic to foreign countries in September 2008 had a total enrolment of 367 360 people, which is 9,3% more than the number of passengers carried in September 2007.

Domestic airlines passenger traffic had a total enrolment of 289 057 people, which is 4,8% more than in September 2007.

Passenger traffic to the countries of CIS increased by 18,4% and had a total enrolment of 57 332 people.

The greatest increase of passenger traffic as compared with September 2007 was observed on:

International airlines: Zurich, Kerkira, Rome, Dьsseldorf, Pafos, Hurghada, Iraklion, Bangkok, Budapest, Nice, Sharm-al-Sheih, Beijing.

Domestic airlines: Khabarovsk, Kazan, Volgograd, Saratov, Arkhangelsk, Cherepovets, Syktyvkar, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Voronezh.

CIS: Namangan, Tashkent, Minsk, Odessa, Samarkand, Dushanbe.

The number of takeoff and landing operations increased by 4,4% in September 2008 and had a total enrolment of 8 673 takeoffs and landings. The volume of handled gross take-off weight (GTOW) is 311 067 tons, the increase is 3,8% as compared with September 2007.

The nine months results of 2008

According to the nine months results of 2008 passenger traffic at Pulkovo Airport had a total enrolment of 5 647 402 people, which is 19,3% more than the activities of the nine months of 2007, including:

International airlines passenger traffic to the foreign countries for the nine months in 2008 had a total enrolment of 2 633 944 people, which is 10,2% more than the number of passengers, carried during the nine months in 2007.

Domestic airlines passenger traffic had a total enrolment of 2 581 498 people, which is 28,3% more than during the nine months in 2007.

Passenger traffic to the countries of CIS increased by 30,8% and had a total enrolment of 431 960 people.

The number of takeoff and landing operations increased by 13,9% during the nine months in 2008 and had a total enrolment of 73 374 takeoffs and landings. The volume of handled gross take-off weight (GTOW) is 2 644 thousand tons, the increase is 15,2% as compared with the nine months in 2007.