Aeroflot Group passengers up 8.9% year-to-date

Aeroflot Group carried 28.7m passengers in January-August 2016, up 8.9% year-over-year (YOY). Aeroflot Russian Airlines carried 19m passengers, up 10.2% YOY. Aeroflot Group international passenger numbers grew 9% YOY to 11.9m; domestic passengers increased 8.8% YOY to 16.8m passengers. Aeroflot Russian Airlines international passengers were up 7.5% YOY to 9.7m; domestic passengers increased 13.1% YOY to 9.3m. Aeroflot Group traffic as measured in RPKs increased 12.2% YOY to 73.3b RPKs. Aeroflot Russian Airlines traffic was up 10.6% YOY to 54.4b RPKS. Aeroflot Group’s group passenger load factor increased 2.9 percentage points YOY to 81.9%; for Aeroflot Russian Airlines, the passenger load factor was up 1.7 points YOY to 81.6%. <br/>