Losses of the largest airlines in Russia rose to 24 billion rubles. for the quarter – RBC

Aircraft parked at the airport Domodedovo. Archival footage

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Internal transport airlines in the first quarter brought a loss of 25.6 billion rubles., well above the 2015 figures. Profits from international traffic amounted to 1.5 billion rubles.

In the first quarter of 2016 the largest Russian airlines received an operating loss of 24 billion rubles., Says “Kommersant”, citing data from the Association of Air Transport Operators (Transport Operators Association). During the same period in 2015 losses amounted to 16 billion rubles.

According to President Vladimir Tasuna Transport Operators Association, were unprofitable transportation on domestic routes, where a negative balance amounted to 25.6 billion rubles. against 19 billion rubles. in the first quarter of 2015. International transportation brought profit of 1.5 billion rubles.

Operating loss 112 airlines from passenger traffic in 2015 amounted to 8.5 billion rubles. According to Transport Operators Association, the major loss then also brought internal lines – 44.9 billion rubles. against 35.9 billion rubles. in 2014, the return on foreign routes they could not compensate for.

The Transport Operators Association also reported that according to operative data for the first half there was a decline in traffic by another 8.4%, or 3.5 million passengers . Only in June, passenger traffic fell by 14,4%.

The costs of the airlines in the first quarter increased by 15% and amounted to 225 billion rubles. The main item remain on the aircraft leasing costs: they grew by 56%, to 61 billion rubles, on the maintenance and repair costs have risen by 27%, to 21 billion rubles for airport maintenance costs rose by 20.6% and.. amounted to 35 billion rubles.

As previously wrote RBC, the fall in passenger traffic in the first Russian airline after the crisis in 2008-2009 was recorded in the first quarter of 2015. Then the number of passengers compared to the data of the first quarter 2014 for the first time in six years, fell by 2.3% and amounted to 17 million people. market decline was due to international shipments – decreased by 15.6% in the segment of passenger traffic. Russian domestic air travel, on the contrary, increased by 11.4%. Until that time, aviation market showed steady growth. For comparison, in the first quarter of the crisis of 2009. Russian airlines carried a total of about 7.5 million passengers.