OREANDA-NEWS In 2023, Russian airlines transported 105 million passengers. This is 2 million, or 10% more than in 2022 (95.2 million). This was announced by the Minister of Transport Vitaly Saveliev.

"According to operational data, Russian airlines transported 105 million passengers in 2023, which is 2 million passengers more than planned. Compared to 2022, the growth in traffic amounted to more than 10%," the minister said.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said in November 2023 that civil aviation had overcome the main difficulties caused by the sanctions. Despite the fact that in the first half of the year, Russian airlines increased transportation by 18%, to 47.5 million passengers year-on-year, the Ministry of Transport refused to raise the forecast for air travel.

According to the forecast of the Ministry of Transport, in 2023, Russian airlines were supposed to carry 101.2 million passengers. Including 81.9 million in the country, or 5.4% more than in 2022.