Since the beginning of the year, the prices of economy class tickets of Russian airlines have increased by a record 28.4 percent. This is what he writes about RBC.
The average cost of a flight in August was 7,912.64 rubles per 1 thousand km of travel. This is the maximum figure for the entire statistical period (since 2000).
Meanwhile, passenger traffic growth began to slow last month, reaching 12.1 million people in August, up only 2.8% compared to the same period in 2023.
Domestic transport showed a completely negative trend; passenger flow decreased by 0.48% year-on-year, but an increase of 0.82% was recorded in July.
According to the Federal Air Transport Agency’s forecasts, passenger traffic will reach 98 million people by the end of this year. For comparison: in 2023, the figure was 105 million.
Some regions of Russia are experiencing even more aggressive price increases in airfares. Since the beginning of the year, the cost of flights from Tatarstan in economy class has The price has increased At a rate of 71.6%.
Previously Russian airlines warned about increased ticket prices due to new fees.
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Source: Gazeta
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