S7 Group reports of 21% increase in April passenger number YoY

Novosibirsk, Russia, 2016-May-26 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Group1 member airlines summarized the results of their activity in April 2016. During the last month the airlines transported 892 500 passengers, which is 21% more, than in April 2015.

Main growth was still indicated on domestic routes. In April 682 860 passengers took flights of the airlines, which is 28.3% more, than a year before. 209 640 passengers took international flights, which is 2.2% more, than in April 2015.

7 275 flights were operated in April. Passenger turnover grew by 21% and reached 1 772 321 thousand pkm., cargo turnover grew by 20.5% up to 169 316 thousand tkm.

«In April the significant growth of the airlines’ indexes remained. In the summer schedule we open several new international flights, and in addition increase the frequency of flights on popular domestic and international routes. E.g. S7 Airlines now operates 12 daily flights from Moscow to Saint Petersburg, to Simferopol – seven flights, to Anapa – four flights, to Alicante and Tivat – two daily flights. In April six modern Boeing 737-800 liners were added to the S7 Airlines fleet, which will allow to develop transportations in the future», Igor Veretennikov, S7 Group Commerce Director, noted.

Air tickets can be purchased at s7.ru, through the iPhone app or the Android app, and at any S7 sales office. You can also learn accurate flight information, book and buy tickets by calling our Contact Centre at 8 800 700-0707, 8 800 200-000-7 (free for Russia)..

S7 Airlines («Siberia» airlines brand, s7.ru) is a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance.The airline has a wide internal route network, created on the basis of air transport hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo) and Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo). S7 Airlines also performs regular flights to countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, the Near East, Southeast Asia and countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2007 the company received an official IATA certificate as an IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) operator, becoming the second air carrier in Russia to have successfully passed the full international audit procedure for compliance with operational safety standards.

S7 Airlines is one of the most reliable airlines of Russia, it implements latest achievements of the world’s industry in passenger services and develops its own services dynamically.

Today S7 Airlines has the newest and one of the most modern aircraft fleets on the Russian air transportation market .All airline’s flights are operated on aircrafts of the world’s leading producers — Airbus and Boeing.

S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Wings of Russia National Aviation Awards in different categories. The airline was also the winner of the annual «People’s Brand/Brand No. 1 in Russia» Award.

S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Cannes Lions advertising festival awards for implemented projects, and My Planet National Awards for discoveries in travel sphere.

The airline is a member of the S7 Group of companies. In 2015 Group member airlines carried 10.6 million passengers.

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1 «Siberia» and «Globus» airlines, which operate under the S7 Airlines brand.