Aeroflot Group carried 43.4m passengers in 2016, up 10.3% compared to 39.4m passengers in 2015. Aeroflot Airlines carried 29m passengers, up 11% compared to 26.1m in 2015. Aeroflot Group tallied 18.3m international passengers in 2016, up 14.1% year-over-year. The Group carried 25.2m domestic passengers during the year, a 7.6% increase YOY. Overall passenger traffic for Aeroflot Group increased 14.8% YOY to 112.1b RPKs, with international traffic up 19.8% YOY to 63.4b RPKS and domestic traffic rising 8.9% to 48.7b RPKs. The Group said growth in its international segment “was driven by the stable macroeconomic situation, increased flight frequencies and the launch of flights to new international destinations, as well as the development of Rossiya’s charter program and of Pobeda’s international route network.” <br/>