OREANDA-NEWS. November 25, 2008. JSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines has summed up the results for the October and ten months of 2008, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

In October 2008, the airline carried 774.4 thous. passengers (including 0.8 thous. passengers on its charter flights) and performed 2 bln 344 mln passenger-kilometres. Passenger load factor amounted to 72.4%, and commercial load reached the 60.4% mark in October.

Compared to activities in 2007, October saw growth of the following performance indicators: carriage of passengers increased by 12.4%, and passenger turnover increased by 11.9%. The amount of passenger carriage on international flights rose by 8.3%, while the amount of domestic flights increased by 20.3%.

Over the ten months of 2008, Aeroflot carried 7 mln. 913 thous. passengers and performed 23 bln 136 mln passenger-kilometres. Passenger load factor amounted to 71.8%, and commercial load reached the 57.0% mark.

As compared to the indicators in 2007, over the ten months there were the following increases in the indicators: passenger carriage volume rose by 14.6%, while passenger turnover rose by 10.9%.