OREANDA-NEWS. April 19, 2007. OJSC "Aeroflot – Russian Airlines" has summed up results of its work within March and the first quarter of 2007.

In March 2007 the airline company carried 604,5 thousand passengers (including 2,2 thousand passengers on charter flights), 1 bln. 859 mln passenger-kilometers were implemented. In February the rate of the occupied passenger seats made 67,2%, while the rate of payload revenue - 53,7%.

As compared with 2006, the operation volume made: in terms of passenger carriage – 123,4% (+ 114,8 thousand passengers), in terms of passengers turnover – 120,5% (+ 315,8 mln passenger-kilometers). At that international carriage increased by 14,6% (+ 51,3 thousand passengers), and domestic transportation by 45,8% (+ 63,5 thousand passengers).

Within the first quarter of 2007 Aeroflot has carried 1 mln 707 thousand passengers, and 5 bln 282 mln passenger-kilometers have been implemented. The rate of the occupied passenger seats has made 66,5% that is the same as last year.

The total time in the air has grown by 12,6% (+ 7464 hours) as compared with last year.