OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2007. President of Open Company "RR" Vladimir Yakunin and general director of Open Society "Aeroflot –Russian airlines" Valery Okulov have signed the protocol on intentions on the organization of mixed transportations of passengers by railway and air transport with use of systems of sales of transportations of Aeroflot and RR, the Aeroflot press service reports.

According to the protocol the joint working group is formed which will offer technological scheme of the project, and planned schedule of actions.

The Project's purpose – creation of the system allowing the passenger with a through ticket to carry out their trip by railway and by air. In the given system it is assumed to involve all points of sales of the companies.

Further, for realization of the developed project, Open Society "Aeroflot" and Open Societies "RR" will conclude a contract on the organization of the mixed transportations of passengers by railway and air transport.

Open joint-stock company "Russian railways" is one of the largest railway companies in the world with enormous volumes of cargo and passenger transportations, possessing high financial ratings qualified by experts in all areas of a railway transportation, big scientific and technical base, design and building capacities, considerable experience of the international cooperation.

Open Society "RR" is founded by the Government of the Russian Federation – the governmental order of the Russian Federation from September, 18th, 2003 № 585 "On creation of open joint-stock company "Russian railways ". Company creation has been carried out according to the governmental order of the Russian Federation from May, 18th, 2001 № 384 "On the program of structural reform on a railway transportation" and is a result of the first stage of reforming of railway branch. The activity of Open Society "RR" began on October, 1st, 2003.

Company mission consists in satisfaction of market demand for transportations, increase of efficiency of activity, quality of services and deep integration into the Euroasian transport system.

Overall objectives of activity of the company- satisfying demand of the state, legal and physical persons in rail transportation, works and services rendered by rail, and also profit extraction.

The corporate structure includes branches and company representations, affiliated and dependent societies, whose actions and shares have been brought in the authorized capital of the company at its creation, and also the affiliated societies created in the course of reforming.

The Russian railways are one of the largest transport systems of the world – exploitation area – 85,5 thousand in km.

Open Society "RR" has first place in the world on extent of the electrified lines – 42,3 thousand in km. Open Society "RR" provides 39 % of a cumulative turnover of goods (taking into account pipeline transport) and over 41 % of passenger turnover.

Annually the company transports more than 1,3 million tons of cargoes and over 1,3 million passengers.  The net profit in 2006 has constituted 26 billion rubles.