The Russian Market

Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya has release data showing that airlines collectively carried 6.24 million passengers, down 46 per cent on the pre-COVID year 2019. Thanks to its first quarter results, which wasn’t badly affected by the virus, national carrier Aeroflot managed to retain its leading position in 2020. However Aeroflot was outperformed by S7 Airlines, which led the market for nine months out of 12. Aeroflot’s low-cost division Pobeda outperformed its sister carrier Rossiya Airlines and climbed to third position in the ranking, while Nordwind’s mixed business model proved to be more sustainable than a that of leisure carrier Azur