Airlines in Russia - May 2010
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Table of contents
Introduction
- Key findings
Data Sources
Overview
- Population trends
- Figure 1: Projected trend in the Russian population, 2009-50
- Economy
- Figure 2: Year-on-year percentage growth in Russia’s real GDP, 2008-11
- Spending on travel and tourism
- Figure 3: Travel and tourism expenditure and receipts in Russia, 2009-19
- Trend in passenger movements 1990-2009
- Rapid expansion through 2008
- Traffic fell by over 9% in 2009
- Figure 4: Trend in passenger traffic of Russian airlines, 2004-09
Market Structure
- Figure 5: The 34 biggest Russian airlines, ranked by passengers carried in 2009
- Market share of major carriers
- Figure 6: Passenger transport market share of Russian carriers in the first half of 2009
- Domestic market shares
- Figure 7: Domestic passenger transport market share of Russian carriers in 2008
- International market shares
- Figure 8: International passenger transport market share of Russian carriers in 2008
Major Carriers
- Aeroflot
- Key performance indicators
- Figure 9: Key indicators for Aeroflot Group’s total air transport business, 2007-08
- Figure 10: Key indicators for Aeroflot Group’s domestic air transport business, 2007-08
- Figure 11: Key indicators for Aeroflot Group’s international air transport business, 2007-08
- Figure 12: Key indicators for Aeroflot Group’s passenger transport business by major region, 2007-08
- Aeroflot has numerous affiliates
- Figure 13: Aeroflot’s subsidiaries, 2009
- Airline subsidiaries
- A new hub
- Route network
- Major routes
- Figure 14: Top ten city pairs capacity and frequency share (in % of Aeroflot’s network), June 2009
- New routes
- Figure 15: New Aeroflot routes inaugurated in 2009
- Figure 16: New Donavia routes inaugurated in 2009
- Figure 17: New Nordavia routes inaugurated in 2009
- Air fleet
- Fleet set to double
- Figure 18: Aeroflot Airlines’ fleet*, September 2009
- Distribution
- Figure 19: Aeroflot’s Russian distribution channels (in % of total sales in Russia), 2007-08
- Figure 20: Aeroflot’s foreign distribution channels (in % of total sales in outside Russia), 2007-08
- Frequent-flyer programme
- Outlook
- S7 Airlines
- Hubs and route network
- New routes
- Figure 21: New S7 routes for 2009 & 2010
- A far-flung network
- Figure 22: Top ten city pairs’ capacity and frequency share (in % of S7’s network), June 2009
- Strong growth through 2007
- Slowdown in 2008
- Figure 23: Operating results for S7 in 2008
- A decline for 2009
- Figure 24: Globus Airlines’ foreign holiday destinations, 2009
- Distribution
- Frequent-flyer programme
- S7’s air fleet
- Figure 25: S7 Airlines' fleet, September 2009
- Transaero
- Figure 26: Transaero key performance indicators, 2004-08
- Positive results in 2009
- Rebound began in May
- New routes added
- Figure 27: New Transaero routes inaugurated in 2009 & 2010
- Fleet expansion
- Financing
- Co-operation with other carriers
- Frequent-flyer programme
- Rossiya Airlines
- 2009 results
- Rossiya’s fleet
- New routes
- Figure 28: New Rossiya routes inaugurated in 2009
- Co-operation with other carriers
- UTair
- Traffic up by 15% in 2009
- Figure 29: UTair's performance indicators, 2008-09
- Outlook for 2010
- Hubs and route network
- Figure 30: New UTair routes inaugurated in 2009 & 2010
- Air fleet
- Helicopter fleet
- Figure 31: Utair’s helicopter fleet, 2009
- Orenair
- Rapid growth in recent years
- Air fleet
- Figure 32: Orenair’s fleet, 2009
- Frequent-flyer programme suspended
- Ural Airlines
- Route network
- Figure 33: New Ural Airlines routes inaugurated in 2009 & 2010
- Aircraft fleet
- International co-operation
- Distribution
- Frequent-flyer programme
- Aeroflot
Budget Airlines
- Sky Express
- Figure 34: Sky Express capacity breakdown by routes from Moscow, week beginning 1 December 2008
- Avianova
- Foreign ownership
Air Freight
- Figure 35: Air freight market share of Russian carriers in the first half of 2009
- Volga-Dnepr Group
- Volga-Dnepr Airlines
- The An-124
- Ruslan International
- Volga-Dnepr’s passenger service subsidiary
- Volga-Trucks
- AirBridgeCargo Airlines
- Figure 36: New AirBridgeCargo routes inaugurated during 2009
- Figure 37: AirBridge expansion plans, 2009-15
- Volga-Dnepr Group results
- Figure 38: Volga-Dnepr Group results, 2003-08
Airports
- Safety a factor
- Figure 39: Western-built jet hull losses per million sectors*, 2005-09
What Next?
- Strong growth potential for sector
- Barriers to entry for foreign airlines
- Air travel intensity still low
- Further consolidation
- Aeroflot takeover
- Debt a black hole
- Rossiya and Vladivostokavia the most attractive assets
- A new budget carrier
Airlines in Russia - May 2010