Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Russian Airlines Carried Nearly Four Percent Fewer Passengers Domestically in 2025 than the Year Before, Mostly Because of a Shortage of Planes, Industry Association Says

Paul Goble

            Staunton, April 17 – Russians travelled 3.8 percent fewer trips on domestic airlines in 2025 than they did the year before. Some of this decline may reflect the worsening economic situation in that country, but Russia’s Association of Air Transport Operators places the blame primarily on the shortage of planes that is the result of Western sanctions.

            But while domestic travel declined, international travel increased by 8.5 percent with carriers shifting their remaining planes from domestic to more profitable foreign routes, thus compounding (echofm.online/news/v-2025-godu-obyom-passazhirskih-aviaperevozok-vnutri-rossii-snizilsya-na-38-v-otraslevoj-assocziaczii-eto-obyasnili-deficzitom-samolyotov).

            According to the Association, these trends have continued into 2026.

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