OREANDA-NEWS. On August 25, 2008 S7 Airlines, Russia’s largest air carrier by number of transported passengers on domestic routes, has announced its operational results for the first seven months of 2008, reported the press-centre of S7 Airlines.

A total of 3,499,000 passengers flew on S7 Airlines flights in the period from January through June 2008, which was 20% more than in the same period of 2007. The number of passenger trips on S7 Airlines domestic routes increased by 33.6% during the period.

The volumes of transported cargo and mail increased by 44%.

The increase is attributed to the expansion of the S7 Airlines route network and the increased frequency of flights on existing routes. S7 Airlines flew 22% more flights during the period from January-July 2008 than during the same period of last year.