S7 Airlines reports 1 202 518 passengers in August 2015; 6.6% more vs the same month last year

Novosibirsk, Russia, 2015-9-18 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Group1 member airlines summarized the results of their activity in August 2015. During this month the airlines carried 1 202 518 passengers, which is 6.6% more than in August 2014.

Growth was still indicated on domestic routes – the number of passengers carried on S7 Airlines flights within Russia in August grew by 10.8% up to 830 412 passengers.

The total number of flights in August amounted to 8 742, this index grew by 7.3 comparing with the previous year.

Passenger turnover amounted to 2 476 554 thousand pkm., which is 4.4% more than in August 2014, cargo turnover grew by 3.7% up to 232 299 thousand tkm.

“Summarizing summer results we note stable operation of all airline divisions during the tourist season – all business performance indicators correspond to our forecasts.  Moreover, despite the high season S7 Airlines still remains the most punctual airline in the world for the sixth month running maintaining leadership in the world airline punctuality rating of Flightstats”, Igor Veretennikov, S7 Group Strategy Director, noted.

Air tickets can be purchased at www.s7.ru, the S7 mobile website m.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, www.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 2014 Group member airlines carried 10.066 million passengers.

¹“Siberia” and “Globus” airlines, which operate under the S7 Airlines brand.

SOURCE: S7 Airlines