Russian airlines passenger transportation down 32.5% in September

Russian airlines lowered transportation by 32.5% year-on-year to 8.65 mln passengers in September, according to the Federal Air Transport Agency. The overall passenger turnover of airlines fell 44.9% to 17.62 bln passenger-km. S7 is the first in top regarding the passenger traffic, with 1.43 mln passengers carried in September (+4.8%). Aeroflot ranks second with 1.32 mln passengers, down 60%. Pobeda airline is third with 1.14 mln passengers (up 17.8%). In the period January - September 2020, Russian airlines carried 52.56 mln passengers, down 47% in annual terms.