The Russian airline Aeroflot has released figures for its growth despite sanctions and airspace closures. The carrier carried 4.2 million passengers on its own international flights, which is 34.1% more than in the first half of 2023.
The most popular international destinations in terms of the number of transported passengers in the first half of 2024 were*:
Moscow — Istanbul — Moscow (320.1K passengers)
Moscow — Phuket — Moscow (245.2K passengers)
Moscow — Dubai — Moscow (236.9K passengers)
Moscow — Antalya — Moscow (229.4K passengers)
Moscow — Yerevan — Moscow (227.3K passengers)
The most popular domestic destinations in terms of the number of transported passengers in the first half of 2024 were*:
Moscow — Sochi — Moscow (863,278 passengers)
Moscow — Saint Petersburg - Moscow (786,225 passengers **)
Moscow — Kaliningrad — Moscow (502,839 passengers)
Moscow — Yekaterinburg — Moscow (463,207 passengers)
Moscow — Mineralnye Vody — Moscow (418,609 passengers)
Moscow — Vladivostok — Moscow (418,154 passengers)
Moscow — Kazan — Moscow (371,723 passengers)
Moscow — Ufa — Moscow (329,427 passengers)
Moscow — Samara — Moscow (320,085 passengers)
Moscow — Chelyabinsk — Moscow (299,710 passengers)
*Only own Aeroflot flights are counted excluding affiliated airlines.
**Taking into account Rossiya Airlines, the total passenger traffic in the first half of the year amounted to a record 1,499,426 people.
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