Aeroflot posts 34% fall in passenger traffic for March

Aeroflot Group saw its passenger numbers fall by 34.3% year-on-year for March to 3 million, with flag carrier itself Aeroflot posting a 41.4% decrease as it saw 1.8 million fewer passengers than in 2019. Aeroflot Group, and airline, RPKs were down 37.4% and 43.6% year-on-year, respectively. Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor for March was 62.6%, representing a 17.7 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. In a statement Aeroflot Group said that COVID 19 and the resulting travel bans was the causes of the declining numbers. “In Q1 and March 2020, operating results were affected by changes