OREANDA-NEWS. August 31, 2010. JSC “Aeroflot – Russian Airlines” has summarized its results for July and for seven months of 2010, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

Aeroflot’s results for July and for seven months of 2010 exceed the results of the Russia’s air transportation sector published by Rosaviatsiya. The passenger traffic in the industry increased by 28.3% in July and by 35.2% over the seven months.

In July 2010, Aeroflot’s passenger traffic increased by 40.3% with respect to the similar period of 2009 and amounted to 3 bln 672.7 mln passenger-kilometers. The number of passengers uplifted by the Company increased by 32.9% and amounted to 1 mln 183.8 thousand passengers. Passenger uplifts increased by 37.5% (+204.7 thousand passengers) on international flights and by 25.5% (+88.1 thousand passengers) on domestic flights. The occupation of passenger seats in July amounted to 84.4%, which exceeded the previous-year level by 6.9%. The percentage of commercial traffic was 67.0%, that is, by 5.9% more than the previous year’s indicator.

Aeroflot’s results in terms of passenger traffic growth for July exceeded the industry average results by 12.0%.

Over the seven months of 2010, Aeroflot’s passenger traffic has been 19 bln 302.6 mln passenger-kilometers, i.e., by 38.3% more than in the similar period in 2009. The number of passengers uplifted by the Company has increased by 32.5%, i.e., to 6 mln 285.5 thousand passengers. The occupation of passenger seats has also increased to 76.6%, which exceeds the previous-year level by 10.9%. The percentage of commercial traffic was 62.6%, that is, by 10.3% more than in the previous year.

Aeroflot’s results in terms of passenger traffic growth for the seven months exceed the industry average results by 3.1%.