# List of biggest airlines of Russia

This is a list of biggest airlines of Russia, by number of passengers and by the amount of cargo transported.

## Passengers Transferred
### 2022 Statistics

| No. | Airline | Passengers (rounded to nearest 100 000) |
| 1 | Aeroflot | 20 500 000 |
| 2 | S7 | 15 700 000 |
| 3 | Pobeda | 11 700 000 |
| 4 | Rossiya | 8 500 000 |
| 5 | Ural Airlines | 8 500 000 |
| 6 | Utair | 5 500 000 |
| 7 | Nordwind | 4 100 000 |
| 8 | Azur Air | 3 200 000 |
| 9 | Smartavia | 2 200 000 |
| 10 | Red wings | 2 100 000 |

### 2016 Statistics

Source: FAVT
| No. | Airline | Passengers |
| 1 | Aeroflot | 28 977 880 |
| 2 | S7 Airlines | 9 509 018 |
| 3 | Rossiya Airlines | 8 099 498 |
| 4 | UTair Aviation | 6 654 417 |
| 5 | Ural Airlines | 6 467 188 |
| 6 | Pobeda | 4 285 937 |
| 7 | Globus Airlines | 3 637 451 |
| 8 | Azur Air | 2 344 322 |
| 9 | VIM Airlines | 2 076 406 |
| 10 | Nordwind Airlines | 1 788 452 |

### 2014 Statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2014 :
| No. | Airline | Passenger value | Growth, % | Distance, p.km | Growth, % |
| 1 | Aeroflot | 23,610,036 | 13,0 | 67,121,707 | 11,4 |
| 2 | Transaero | 13,198,591 | 5,6 | 47,066,421 | 0,1 |
| 3 | UTair | 8,564,340 | 4,7 | 20,198,948 | 20,4 |
| 4 | S7 Airlines | 7,938,199 | 12,0 | 15,582,789 | 9,8 |
| 5 | Rossiya | 5,191,783 | 13,1 | 10,147,404 | 10,5 |
| 6 | Ural Airlines | 5,160,588 | 16,8 | 13,327,154 | 13,2 |
| 7 | Nordwind Airlines | 4,472,038 | 22,3 | 13,401,739 | 1,2 |
| 8 | Orenair | 3,034,659 | 1,6 | 8,471,008 | 22.9 |
| 9 | Globus | 2,127,931 | 1,2 | 5,559,313 | 3,6 |
| 10 | Donavia | 1,736,153 | 28,3 | 2,447,994 | 22,3 |
| 11 | VIM Airlines | 1,613,970 | 16,0 | 3,389,297 | 10,2 |
| 12 | Yamal Airlines | 1,450,355 | 11,5 | 2,899,723 | 13,6 |
| 13 | Metrojet | 1,344,174 | 13,2 | 4,043,292 | 18,8 |
| 14 | Pegas Fly | 1,236,596 | by 4.4 | 6,059,896 | by 4.8 |
| 15 | NordStar | 1,104,938 | 11,1 | 2,868,556 | 14,6 |

### 2013 Statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2013 :
| No. | Airline | Passenger value | Growth, % | Distance, p.km | Growth, % |
| 1 | Aeroflot | 20,902,447 | 18,4 | 60,226,342 | 19,2 |
| 2 | Transaero | 12,499,985 | 21,0 | 47,018,186 | 14,7 |
| 3 | UTair | 8,182,074 | 5,3 | 16,769,794 | 10,6 |
| 4 | S7 Airlines | 7,084,599 | 11,6 | 14,197,750 | 9,0 |
| 5 | Rossiya | 4,590,146 | 9,1 | 9,186,257 | 4,9 |
| 6 | Ural Airlines | 4,419,233 | 25,4 | 11,768,176 | 23,2 |
| 7 | Nordwind Airlines | 3,655,688 | 68,7 | 13,433,472 | 60,8 |
| 8 | Orenair | 3,140,950 | 1,6 | 10,983,780 | 4,6 |
| 9 | Globus | 2,154,312 | 10,9 | 5,366,394 | 16,7 |
| 10 | VIM Airlines | 1,391,020 | 8,0 | 3,075,973 | 11,4 |
| 11 | Donavia | 1,353,574 | 37,3 | 2,001,135 | 39,6 |
| 12 | Yamal Airlines | 1,301,242 | 42,5 | 2,553,011 | 48,6 |
| 13 | NordStar | 1,243,360 | 7,1 | 3,358,092 | 11,4 |
| 14 | Metrojet | 1,187,785 | 61,9 | 3,403,399 | 72,9 |
| 15 | Yakutia Airlines | 1,098,909 | 4,1 | 3,286,344 | 8,4 |

### 2012 statistics

The Rossaviation Statistics for Jan-Feb 2012 :
| No. | Airline | Passenger value | Growth, % | Distance, p.km | Growth, % |
| 1 | Aeroflot | 17,656,152 | 24,6 | 50 532 518 | 20,3 |
| 2 | Transaero | 10,327,560 | 22,2 | 41 003 887 | 23,6 |
| 3 | UTair | 7,769,881 | 33,9 | 15 166 155 | 36,4 |
| 4 | S7 Airlines | 6,351,010 | 23,8 | 13 025 241 | 23,5 |
| 5 | Rossyia | 4,208,906 | 19,0 | 8 761 024 | 21,8 |
| 6 | Ural Airlines | 3,525,066 | 40,3 | 9 548 267 | 39,7 |
| 7 | Orenair | 3,193,474 | 27,4 | 10 505 213 | 40,1 |
| 8 | Nordwind Airlines | 2,167,267 | 25,9 | 8 353 261 | 14,7 |
| 9 | Globus | 1,942,782 | 32,0 | 4 596 794 | 34,1 |
| 10 | VIM Airlines | 1,511,682 | 6,3 | 3 472 582 | 12,3 |
| 11 | Vladivostok Air | 1,162,174 | 4,3 | 3 134 214 | 30,9 |
| 12 | Nordstar Airlines | 1,161,101 | 50,5 | 3 015 574 | 35,3 |
| 13 | Yakutia Airlines | 1,145,630 | 12,4 | 3 586 342 | 6,3 |
| 14 | Donavia | 985,682 | 14,1 | 1 433 658 | 12,8 |
| 15 | Kuban Airlines | 955,896 | 6,2 | 1 764 292 | 28,8 |

#### Notes

* ^4 Excluding the Aeroflot-Group Airlines Rossyia, Donavia, Aurora, Orenair и Pobeda
* ^5 Excluding UTair-Group Airlines UTair Express and other airlines
* ^6 Excluding an S7-Group Airline Globus
* The airlines mentioned with cursive letters, are the airlines, which ceased their operations currently

## By Cargo Transportation
### 2014 Statistics

Rossaviation statistics Dec-Jan 2012-2013 :
| No. | Airline | Cargo Transported, тонн | Growth, % | Distance, t.km | Growth, % |
| 1 | AirBridgeCargo | 516,525 | 21,1 | 3,247,631 | 18,2 |
| 2 | Aeroflot | 145,285 | 17,7 | 681,699 | 25,9 |
| 3 | Transaero | 69,333 | 0,6 | 383,902 | 2,3 |
| 4 | Volga-Dnepr Airlines | 40,656 | 24,5 | 220,516 | 17,7 |
| 5 | S7 Airlines | 36,667 | 0,4 | 81,095 | 0,3 |
| 6 | UTair | 24,711 | 16,0 | 47,948 | 20,0 |
| 7 | Abakan-Avia | 14,629 | — | 20,105 | — |
| 8 | 224th fleet | 14,400 | 6,8 | 45,872 | 4,2 |
| 9 | Ural Airlines | 14,346 | 2.7 | 42,745 | 1,8 |
| 10 | Aviastar-TU | 12,966 | 5,5 | 35,378 | 13,9 |
| 11 | ATRAN | 12,259 | 166,0 | 17,644 | 126,9 |
| 12 | Globus | 12,043 | 7,8 | 36,762 | 4,5 |
| 13 | Alrosa | 11,182 | 10,2 | 28,336 | 7,2 |
| 14 | Yakutia Airlines | 10,554 | 14,2 | 51,231 | 17,7 |
| 15 | Rossiya | 9,580 | 6,0 | 20,881 | 1,5 |

### 2013 Statistics

Rossaviation statistics Dec-Jan 2012-2013 :
| No. | Airline | Cargo Transported, тонн | Growth, % | Distance, t.km | Growth, % |
| 1 | AirBridgeCargo | 426,442 | 20,9 | 2,746,976 | 15,5 |
| 2 | Aeroflot | 176,456 | 9,0 | 919,521 | 18,0 |
| 3 | Transaero | 69,735 | 5,9 | 392,993 | 3,0 |
| 4 | Volga-Dnepr Airlines | 53,835 | 19,0 | 268,125 | 23,7 |
| 5 | S7 Airlines | 36,515 | 2,4 | 80,862 | 4,6 |
| 6 | UTair | 29,412 | 3,2 | 59,962 | 3,9 |
| 7 | 224 fleet | 15,453 | 7,3 | 47,873 | 5,7 |
| 8 | Ural Airlines | 14,744 | 9,5 | 43,533 | 2,2 |
| 9 | Globus | 13,063 | 6,2 | 38,479 | 3,3 |
| 10 | Alrosa | 12,458 | 13,7 | 30,532 | 20,6 |
| 11 | Yakutia Airlines | 12,298 | 21,5 | 62,219 | 8,7 |
| 12 | Aviastar-TU | 12,284 | 6,7 | 31,072 | 7,6 |
| 13 | Polet Flight | 10,576 | 51,0 | 50,056 | 53,8 |
| 14 | Rossiya | 10,192 | 3,2 | 21,208 | 2,8 |
| 15 | Vladivostok Air | 7,991 | 9,0 | 21,146 | 28,8 |

## By the fleet capacity and destinations

The Russia's biggest airlines by the number of the fleet and destinations:
| Place | Airline/Group | Fleet Number | Destinations |
| 1 | Aeroflot Group | 218 | 293 |
| 2 | UTair Group | 156 | 117 |
| 3 | S7 Group | 61 | 80 |

### Notes

* ^1 Including all the Aeroflot-Group airlines: Rossiya, Donavia, Aurora, Orenair и Pobeda
* ^2 Including Azur Air, UTair-Express, UTair-Ukraine(to be renamed to Azur Air-Ukraine) and UTair Helicopters
* ^3 Including Globus