Russia's flagship carrier Aeroflot on Monday reported a 20 percent fall in passenger traffic in March year-on-year following tough Western sanctions over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine. Passenger traffic on international and domestic flights fell to 2.2m in March, the first full month after the conflict began, from 2.77m last year, the airline said. Passenger traffic on international flights declined by half, it said. The Aeroflot group includes the Pobeda budget airline and the Rossiya domestic airline. The Russian state owns a 57.3% stake in the group. Aeroflot suspended all international flights from March 8, a move it said was temporary. This came after the carrier and all Russian airlines were banned from the airspace of the entire European Union, Britain and Canada. In retaliation, Russia has banned airlines from these countries from flying over its territory. Aeroflot's passenger traffic on domestic flights has declined by 15.7% as Russia's economy shrinks.<br/>
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SpaceX will start providing wireless internet on Hawaiian Airlines flights from the Starlink satellite network as early as next year, a service the airline told CNBC it plans to offer to passengers for free. The deal marks the first for Elon Musk’s space company with a major airline. Starlink is SpaceX’s network of about 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers and businesses anywhere on the planet. Hawaiian’s plan for complimentary connectivity with Starlink could increase pressure on rivals to offer free Wi-Fi for travelers, something currently available on JetBlue Airways. For example, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in 2018 that the airline wants to offer complimentary, high-speed Wi-Fi on its planes. It tested it on some flights in 2019. The installation of Starlink terminals, also known as antennas, is expected to start next year on Hawaiian planes. The airline has yet to begin testing Starlink on an aircraft, and there are “certification issues that need to be worked through before we’re ready to operate the product,” said Avi Mannis, Hawaiian’s chief marketing and communications officer. “But we’re confident that there’s a path forward for that.” The airline declined to disclose the financial details of its deal with SpaceX. Hawaiian doesn’t currently offer inflight Wi-Fi and has an extensive network of flights over the Pacific Ocean, serving the mainland US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, among other destinations, from Hawaii. It plans to offer Starlink connectivity on its flights out of its home state to cities throughout the mainland US and to its international destinations.<br/>