Russian air passenger traffic down 52.4% in July amid coronavirus pandemic

The number of passengers flying with Russian airlines in July fell 52.4% year on year, the federal aviation authority said on Wednesday, after a 77.5% drop in the previous month as fewer people were travelling amid the coronavirus pandemic. Russian airlines carried 6.77m passengers in July, taking the number of passengers in the first seven months of the year to 34.6m, a 51.9% drop from a year ago, data showed.<br/>