Domestic gains for Aeroflot
THE CEO of the Aeroflot Group has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the airline has seen an upsurge in demand for domestic travel over the past few years. Speaking at a meeting with the president to discuss the group’s performance in 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky said the airline carried some 43 million passengers on domestic flights in 2024, 10% higher than the previous year. The most popular destinations were St Petersburg, Sochi and Kaliningrad. Many of its domestic services have seen growth, with Gorno-Altaisk increasing by 33%, Kaliningrad by 23% and Vladivostok by 20%. Makhachkala and Murmansk have also seen an increase of more than 70% in passenger traffic over the past five years.