Summing up the results of 2017, the Federal Air Transport Agency published brief statistics on the work of the civil aviation of the Russian Federation. Overall picture for the participants Russian airlines rating 2018 It looks good. The air transportation market continues to develop, and almost all of the reliable Russian airlines on the list showed an increase in the number of passengers and flights by an average of 15%. At the same time, the weight of the first five airlines continues to grow. If in 2017 they occupied 67.4% of the total, then in 2018 it is already 85%.

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10. North Wind

Opens the rating of the largest airlines in Russia Nordwind Airlines, it is also the "North Wind". Over the past year, the number of passengers amounted to 3.5 million people and compared to 2016 increased by 95%. Passenger turnover also showed growth, increasing by 44%.

9. VIM-Avia

One of the largest charter carriers in Russia, which transported more than 2.2 million passengers in 2017, was summoned to the Federal Air Transport Agency in the summer of 2016 due to constant long-term flight delays up to several tens of hours. The carrier promised to take action. In case of inability to establish regular departures at the exact time, the company faces a restriction on transportation.

8. Azur Air

Azur Air was a subsidiary of UTair, but two years ago launched into independent navigation. In 2017, the number of passengers of the company amounted to 3.6 million people, almost 2/3 more compared to 2016.

7. Globe

Globus is a member of the S7 Group, being a subsidiary of the Siberian airline giant, which ranked second in the ranking of the best airlines. 2017 was a favorable year for the company - the number of passengers increased by 20.2%, amounting to 4.1 million people.

6. Victory

A subsidiary of Aeroflot, which took over the baton from Dobroleta, who died as a result of sanctions, is positioned as a budget. Although the first tickets for the flights of the new airline were sold only two years ago, it confidently entered the top 10 airlines in Russia.

The number of passengers in 2017 amounted to 4.3 million people, an increase of 5% compared to 2016. Despite his youth, the flights of the “Victory” have already gained scandals. User dissatisfaction is caused by the policy of silence of the real price of the flight, the requirements to pay for the opportunity to sit together with families, flight delays and cases when there are more tickets sold for the flight than the number of seats.

5. Ural Airlines

In fifth place in the ranking of Russian airlines in 2018 are Ural Airlines, which transported 7.5 million people in 2017, showing an increase of 25%. In the meantime, the company requires the Federal Air Transport Agency to pay for the transportation of veterans of the Great Patriotic War to celebrate the anniversary of Victory in 2015. Rosaviatsia rejected the application for payment, complaining that it does not contain the words “including VAT” and other points of the same degree of importance.

4. UTair

The owner of the world's largest operating helicopter fleet, it seems, has recovered from the crisis of late 2014. In 2017, the number of passengers carried by this company amounted to 6.8 million people, an increase of 9.1% compared to 2016.

3. Russia

The second subsidiary airline of the giant Aeroflot, which entered the top ten of the rating of Russian airlines in 2018, transported more than 10.6 million people last year, showing an impressive increase in the number of passengers by 41.5% - the highest of the airlines participating in the rating. At the same time, the passenger turnover increased by 55.3%.

2. Siberia

Siberia is in second place in the rating of the largest airlines in Russia, it is also S7 Airlines, which carries out transportation to 83 destinations both in Russia and abroad. Most of the latter, however, are served by partner airlines. In total, 9.3 million passengers were transported in 2017.

1. Aeroflot

The Russians continue to fly Aeroflot airplanes. In 2017, the company transported more than 30.5 million people, having outstripped the runner-up in Siberia by more than 3 times in terms of this indicator. Not surprisingly, Aeroflot is the largest and oldest Russian airline that has been carrying passengers since 1923. Although the company was blacklisted in Ukraine, this does not prevent the increase in the number of shipments.

According to criteria such as the number of passengers and passenger turnover, the company over the past year recorded an increase of 12%. By the way Aeroflot can also be called one of the safest airlines in 2018 in Russia - on its lines there has not been a single major plane crash, considering, of course, subsidiaries and the misfortunes caused by the actions of third parties. In the airline safety rating published in 2017 by the audit company JACDEC, Aeroflot is in 37th place.

World Airlines Safety Rating 2017 (JACDEC)

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