OREANDA-NEWS. On October 23, 2008 S7 Airlines, Russia’s largest air carrier by number of transported passengers on domestic routes, has announced its operating results for the first nine months of 2008, reported the press-centre of S7 Airlines.

A total of 4,807,000 passengers flew S7 Airlines in the period from January through September 2008, up 13% from the same period of 2007.

Passenger transport on S7 Airlines’ domestic routes increased by 26.4% during the period. The increase in the indicators is attributed to an increase in the number of flights on routes within Russia as well as the opening of new routes.