List of biggest airlines of Russia

This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2017)

This is a list of biggest airlines of Russia, by number of passengers and by the amount of cargo transported.

Passengers Transferred

2022 Statistics[1]

2016 Statistics

Source: FAVT^[2]

2014 Statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2014[3]
№	Airline	Passenger value	Growth, %	Distance, p.km	Growth, %
1	Aeroflot4	23,610,036	13,0	67,121,707	11,4
2	Transaero	13,198,591	5,6	47,066,421	0,1
3	UTair5	8,564,340	4,7	20,198,948	20,4
4	S7 Airlines6	7,938,199	12,0	15,582,789	9,8
5	Rossiya	5,191,783	13,1	10,147,404	10,5
6	Ural Airlines	5,160,588	16,8	13,327,154	13,2
7	Nordwind Airlines	4,472,038	22,3	13,401,739	1,2
8	Orenair	3,034,659	1,6	8,471,008	22.9
9	Globus	2,127,931	1,2	5,559,313	3,6
10	Donavia	1,736,153	28,3	2,447,994	22,3
11	VIM Airlines	1,613,970	16,0	3,389,297	10,2
12	Yamal Airlines	1,450,355	11,5	2,899,723	13,6
13	Metrojet	1,344,174	13,2	4,043,292	18,8
14	Pegas Fly	1,236,596	by 4.4	6,059,896	by 4.8
15	NordStar	1,104,938	11,1	2,868,556	14,6

2013 Statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2013[4]
№	Airline	Passenger value	Growth, %	Distance, p.km	Growth, %
1	Aeroflot1	20,902,447	18,4	60,226,342	19,2
2	Transaero	12,499,985	21,0	47,018,186	14,7
3	UTair2	8,182,074	5,3	16,769,794	10,6
4	S7 Airlines3	7,084,599	11,6	14,197,750	9,0
5	Rossiya	4,590,146	9,1	9,186,257	4,9
6	Ural Airlines	4,419,233	25,4	11,768,176	23,2
7	Nordwind Airlines	3,655,688	68,7	13,433,472	60,8
8	Orenair	3,140,950	1,6	10,983,780	4,6
9	Globus	2,154,312	10,9	5,366,394	16,7
10	VIM Airlines	1,391,020	8,0	3,075,973	11,4
11	Donavia	1,353,574	37,3	2,001,135	39,6
12	Yamal Airlines	1,301,242	42,5	2,553,011	48,6
13	NordStar	1,243,360	7,1	3,358,092	11,4
14	Metrojet	1,187,785	61,9	3,403,399	72,9
15	Yakutia Airlines	1,098,909	4,1	3,286,344	8,4

2012 statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2012[5]
№	Airline	Passenger value	Growth, %	Distance, p.km	Growth, %
1	Aeroflot1	17,656,152	24,6	50 532 518	20,3
2	Transaero	10,327,560	22,2	41 003 887	23,6
3	UTair2	7,769,881	33,9	15 166 155	36,4
4	S7 Airlines3	6,351,010	23,8	13 025 241	23,5
5	Rossyia	4,208,906	19,0	8 761 024	21,8
6	Ural Airlines	3,525,066	40,3	9 548 267	39,7
7	Orenair	3,193,474	27,4	10 505 213	40,1
8	Nordwind Airlines	2,167,267	25,9	8 353 261	14,7
9	Globus	1,942,782	32,0	4 596 794	34,1
10	VIM Airlines	1,511,682	6,3	3 472 582	12,3
11	Vladivostok Air	1,162,174	4,3	3 134 214	30,9
12	Nordstar Airlines	1,161,101	50,5	3 015 574	35,3
13	Yakutia Airlines	1,145,630	12,4	3 586 342	6,3
14	Donavia	985,682	14,1	1 433 658	12,8
15	Kuban Airlines	955,896	6,2	1 764 292	28,8

Notes

• Rossyia, Donavia, Aurora, Orenair и Pobeda
• ^5 Excluding UTair-Group Airlines UTair Express and other airlines
• Globus
• The airlines mentioned with cursive letters, are the airlines, which ceased their operations currently

By Cargo Transportation

2014 Statistics

Rossaviation statistics Dec-Jan 2012-2013[3]
№	Airline	Cargo Transported, тонн	Growth, %	Distance, t.km	Growth, %
1	AirBridgeCargo	516,525	21,1	3,247,631	18,2
2	Aeroflot	145,285	17,7	681,699	25,9
3	Transaero	69,333	0,6	383,902	2,3
4	Volga-Dnepr Airlines	40,656	24,5	220,516	17,7
5	S7 Airlines	36,667	0,4	81,095	0,3
6	UTair	24,711	16,0	47,948	20,0
7	Abakan-Avia	14,629	—	20,105	—
8	224th fleet	14,400	6,8	45,872	4,2
9	Ural Airlines	14,346	2.7	42,745	1,8
10	Aviastar-TU	12,966	5,5	35,378	13,9
11	ATRAN	12,259	166,0	17,644	126,9
12	Globus	12,043	7,8	36,762	4,5
13	Alrosa	11,182	10,2	28,336	7,2
14	Yakutia Airlines	10,554	14,2	51,231	17,7
15	Rossiya	9,580	6,0	20,881	1,5

2013 Statistics

Rossaviation statistics Dec-Jan 2012-2013[4]
№	Airline	Cargo Transported, тонн	Growth, %	Distance, t.km	Growth, %
1	AirBridgeCargo	426,442	20,9	2,746,976	15,5
2	Aeroflot	176,456	9,0	919,521	18,0
3	Transaero	69,735	5,9	392,993	3,0
4	Volga-Dnepr Airlines	53,835	19,0	268,125	23,7
5	S7 Airlines	36,515	2,4	80,862	4,6
6	UTair	29,412	3,2	59,962	3,9
7	224 fleet	15,453	7,3	47,873	5,7
8	Ural Airlines	14,744	9,5	43,533	2,2
9	Globus	13,063	6,2	38,479	3,3
10	Alrosa	12,458	13,7	30,532	20,6
11	Yakutia Airlines	12,298	21,5	62,219	8,7
12	Aviastar-TU	12,284	6,7	31,072	7,6
13	Polet Airlines	10,576	51,0	50,056	53,8
14	Rossiya	10,192	3,2	21,208	2,8
15	Vladivostok Air	7,991	9,0	21,146	28,8

By the fleet capacity and destinations

The Russia's biggest airlines by the number of the fleet and destinations:

Place	Airline/Group	Fleet Number	Destinations	ref
1	Aeroflot Group1	218	293	[6]
2	UTair Group2	156	117	[7]
3	S7 Group3	61	80

Notes

• Rossiya, Donavia, Aurora, Orenair и Pobeda
• UTair-Ukraine
  (to be renamed to Azur Air-Ukraine) and UTair Helicopters
• Globus

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Russia
• List of airlines of Russia
• World's largest airlines

References

1. ^ "Top airlines by passenger count Russia". Statista. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
2. ^ "Перевозки пассажиров и пассажирооборот за январь-декабрь 2015-2016 гг" (PDF). FAVT. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Основные показатели работы гражданской авиации России за январь-декабрь 2014-2014 годы". Росавиация. 2015-02-09. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Основные показатели работы гражданской авиации России за январь-декабрь 2012-2013 годы". Росавиация. 2014-01-31. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
5. ^ "Основные показатели работы гражданской авиации России за январь-декабрь 2011-2012 годы". Росавиация. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
6. ^ "Годовой отчёт ОАО "Аэрофлот" за 2013 год". Aeroflot.ru. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
7. ^ "Годовые отчёты группы "ЮТэйр"". Utair.ru. Retrieved 2015-01-03.