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In depth coverage of aerospace and air transport in Russia and the CIS.
Latest Articles:
Published 15 October 2021
Aeroflot's traffic changes are heavily influenced by its dependence on international flights; were any of the top 5 able to increase their traffic compared with pre-pandemic September 2019? (1,318 words, 4 tables [passengers carried by top 5 Russian airlines: confirmed numbers for September 2019 and 2020, preliminary numbers for September 2021, and year-on-year changes; confirmed numbers for each month in April-August 2021, preliminary numbers for September 2021, and 12-month and 24-month changes])
Published 14 October 2021
In what ways is the pandemic environment continuing to affect the traffic? (1,274 words, 5 tables [select operating data for all Russian airlines: confirmed numbers for each month in September 2016-2020 and preliminary numbers for September 2021, with year-on-year changes; confirmed numbers for each month in April-August 2021, preliminary numbers for September 2021, and 12-month and 24-month changes])
Published 13 October 2021
Concise Aerospace estimated ASK numbers for individual airlines based on the available data from the FAVT; how well were airlines able to match capacity with demand? (1,256 words, 1 table [operating statistics for the top 35 airlines - available seat kilometers in August 2019-2021 and changes])
Published 13 October 2021
Why did RPKs grow at a slower rate in August 2021 than in recent previous months? (1,133 words, 1 table [operating statistics for the top 35 airlines - revenue passenger kilometers in August 2019-2021 and changes])
Published 13 October 2021
Concise Aerospace estimated individual airlines' average flight lengths based on the available data from the FAVT; the dynamics of individual airlines were again highly varied (892 words, 1 table [operating statistics for the top 35 airlines - average flight length in August 2019-2021 and changes])
Published 12 October 2021
In August 2021, a number of airlines carried more passengers than in pre-pandemic August 2019; only one airline in the top 35 failed to carry more passengers than in August 2020 (1,521 words, 1 table [operating statistics for the top 35 airlines - passengers carried in August 2019-2021 and changes])
Published 12 October 2021
Of the top 5 airlines in terms of passengers carried, none were able to increase their seat load factor in August 2021 compared with pre-pandemic August 2019 (1,070 words, 1 table [operating statistics for the top 35 airlines - seat load factor in August 2019-2021 and changes])
Published 8 October 2021
The numbers continue to show a strong impact by the pandemic on business travel (662 words, 2 tables [estimated 2021/2019 changes in all passenger traffic at major Russian airports for certain days of the week in in each month in April-August 2021 and by the type of routes in August 2021])
Published 7 October 2021
What were the traffic trends on international and domestic routes? (981 words, 1 table [preliminary 2021/2019 changes in all passenger traffic at major Russian airports for each day, 1-31 August 2021, by the type of route])
Published 6 October 2021
How did traffic compare with previous months in 2021, with 2020, and with the pre-pandemic period? (479 words, 4 tables [actual passenger numbers for all Russian airports in each month in January-August 2021, 12-month and 24-month changes; 24-month changes at major Russian airports])
