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IATA Code = SU
Ticket Code: 555
Hubs: Peking Moskau-Scheremetjewo
Headquarters: Moskau (MOW)

About Aeroflot

Russian Airlines" (RTS: AFLT) is the largest Russian airline. It is based in 1923. The founder of the JOINT STOCK COMPANY is the Government of the Russian Federation so that 51% of shares belong to state and 49% - to work collectives of the airline and to other legal persons.

In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the airline became the successor to the name Aeroflot and the trademark of the former Soviet air international carrier

In 2000, the annual stockholders meeting changed the name of the company to JSC "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines", which corresponds better to the status and profile of Russia's national airline company.

Aeroflot enters into the list of 25 world leading airlines according to the financial indices (by ATW version). Aeroflot controls about 11% of home and 39% of international market for air transportation of Russia.

In 2006 year the airline transported 7 million 290 thousand passengers and 145.3 thousand tons of mail and freights. The company performed 22 billion 406 million passenger-kilometers and 2 billion 885 million tonne-kilometers. The occupation ratio of passenger seats in 2006 amounted in general to 70.1%, the ratio of the revenue load was 57.7%.

In comparison with the level of 2005 the volume of works increased by all the indexes except for transportation of freights and amounted to: 108.7% (+583.7 thousand passengers) by passenger transportation, 108.0% (+1655.8 million passenger-kilometers) by passenger turnover, 105.4% (+148.6 million tonne-kilometers) by tonne-kilometers, 102.5% (+ 112.0 tons) by transportation of mail, 99.7% (-388.1 tons) by transportation of freights.

The flying time in comparison with the level of 2005 increased by 6.5% on passenger aircrafts and decreased by 5.8% on freight aircrafts. The flying time of the fleet in general increased by 5.8% (+14930 hours).

Preliminary financial and economic results of operational activities for 2006 reveal the increase of income by 18.5% in dollar terms and considerable growth of income in comparison with the last year.