Free Trial

Air Finance Journal Copying and distributing are prohibited without permission of the publisher

Transaero on domestic high

11 August 2009

After expanding its domestic footprint with a number of new routes, Transaero – Russia’s second largest airline internationally - becomes the country’s second largest carrier overall

Read more: Transaero Aeroflot Russia Olga Pleshakova

Transaero has become Russia's second largest carrier overall after substantially expanding its domestic network, according to figures released by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency.

The Moscow-based airline - Russia's second largest on international routes - is now the second largest carrier overall, in terms of domestic and international routes.

Within Russia, Transaero performed robusty for the first half of the year – both in terms of passengers carried and revenue passenger kilometres (RPK). 

The number of passengers on domestic routes increased by 56.4% and RPK rose 76.7% compared with the equivalent period in 2008. The portion of the airline’s domestic routes to total...


Upcoming Events