OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2007. OAO “Aeroflot – Russian airlines” summarized the work over December and twelve months of 2007, reported the press-centre of Aeroflot.

In December 2007 the air company carried 633,8 thous. passengers (including charter flights 0,4 thous. passengers), reached 1 bln. 918 mln passenger miles. In December the occupation rate of passenger seats amounted 64,0%, the percent of the commercial load – 52,5%.

Comparing to activities of 2006 the volume of work in December increased: carriage of passengers by 12,2%, passenger traffic by 8,1%. The volume of passenger carriage on international airlines increased by 10,5%, on domestic lines – by 15,4%.

According to preliminary information, for twelve months of 2007 Aeroflot carried 8 mln. 166 thous. passengers – comparing to 2006 the growth is 12%. The occupation rate of passenger seats amounted – 70,3%, commercial load – 55,7%. Passenger carriage of Aeroflot group (airline Aeroflot, Aeroflot-Don, Aeroflot-Nord) amounted 10,2 million, by 14,6% higher than the index of the previous year.

OAO “Aeroflot – Russian airlines” (AFLT) – is the indisputable leader of civil aviation in Russia, the practical national carrier. Being the biggest air company of the country, it carries over 8 mln. people a year, and together with subsidiary companies – about 10 mln., i.e. the quarter of the total number of Russian air passengers. Having at its disposal the fleet of 83 aircrafts, it performs its own flights to 93 points of 47 countries (totally 302 flights per day). It controls 51% of the Russian market of regular international carriages and around 12% of domestic air carriages. The net income for the year 2006 amounted 7,3 bln.rub. (the consolidated income of Aeroflot group 258,1 mln. US dollars according to IFRS).