The S7 Group airlines1 have reviewed the results of their operating activities for October 2017. In the last month, the airline companies have carried 1,199,585 passengers, which is a 7.8% increase over October 2016.
892,692 passengers have taken S7 Airlines domestic flights, which is a 9.4% increase over October 2016. The growth on international destinations has amounted to 3.5%. In October, the airlines carried 306,893 passengers on its international flights.
In October, the passenger turnover increased by 7.2% and amounted to 2,436,520 thousand passenger-kilometres, the cargo turnover increased by 6.9% and amounted to 230,961 thousand tonne-kilometres.
“Over the past month, we have noted a significant increase in the number of domestic flights as it’s the peak of the business season and passengers are making more business trips. S7 Airlines continues to develop its regional route network and offers its passengers convenient flights to new destinations which are operated on new Embraer 170. In October, we opened new flights from Moscow to Lipetsk and from Novosibirsk to Chelyabinsk”, notes Igor Veretennikov, the Commerce Director of S7 Group.
Traditionally, in October we also sum up the results of the new flights in the summer schedule. This year S7 Airlines has opened several international flights, which will remain in the schedule during the year. So, passengers of S7 Airlines can take scheduled direct flights from Moscow to Sicily, Pisa and Vienna, from St. Petersburg to Berlin, from Novosibirsk to Tbilisi and from Vladivostok to Osaka.
Moreover, the airline has significantly expanded the geography of its flights to Russian cities. S7 Airlines has connected Moscow with Mirny and Petrozavodsk, St. Petersburg with Bryansk, Yaroslavl, Kaliningrad and Kaluga with its direct flights. New flights from Novosibirsk to Abakan, Nizhnevartovsk, Tyumen, Novyy Urengoy, Gorno-Altaisk and Rostov-na-Donu have been added to the schedule.
Air tickets can be purchased at s7.ru, through the iPhone app or the Android app, and at any S7 sales office. You can also learn accurate flight information, book and buy tickets by calling our Contact Centre at 8 800 700–0707 (free for Russia).
S7 Airlines (“Siberia” airlines brand, s7.ru) is a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance.
The airline has a wide internal route network, created on the basis of air transport hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo) and Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo). S7 Airlines also performs regular flights to countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, the Near East, Southeast Asia and countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
In 2007 the company received an official IATA certificate as an IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) operator, becoming the second air carrier in Russia to have successfully passed the full international audit procedure for compliance with operational safety standards.
S7 Airlines is one of the most reliable airlines of Russia, it implements latest achievements of the world’s industry in passenger services and develops its own services dynamically.
Today S7 Airlines has the newest and one of the most modern aircraft fleets on the Russian air transportation market. All flights of the airline are performed by the aircraft of the world’s leading manufacturers.
S7 Airlines is in top 100 of the best airlines of the world and ranks third in the Eastern Europe, as indicated by the authoritative international rating Skytrax.
S7 Airlines is among the top 5 of the most reputable Russian companies of 2017 and ranks the fourth among the most desirable Russian employers.
S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Wings of Russia National Aviation Awards in different categories.
S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Cannes Lions advertising festival awards for implemented projects, and My Planet National Awards for discoveries in travel sphere.
S7 Airlines won “Best Russian Airline” at 2015 National Geographic Traveler Awards.
At the end of 2016, S7 Airlines became the winner of Skyway Service Award aviation award in three categories: the best airline in category “Economy Class, Domestic Scheduled Services”, “Best Loyalty Program” and “Best Online Customer Services”.
The airline is a member of the S7 Group of companies. In 2016 Group member airlines carried more than 13.1 million passengers.
