The largest airlines in Russia and the world in terms of passenger turnover: list, rating

Do you trust airlines? But millions of people use this type of transport every day and feel completely comfortable. The largest airlines in Russia are the leaders in the transportation of passengers over long distances, connecting continents, continents and countries. We will try to understand who in our country claims to be a leader and who can be trusted with his life.

Leaders of passenger transportation

Here is the list of the largest airlines in Russia:

1. Aeroflot.
2. Transaero.
3. UTair.
4. S7 Airlines.
5. "North wind".
6. "Ural Airlines".
7. "Russia".
8. "Orenburg Airlines".
9. Icarus.
10. "Globe".

In 2015, the situation on the air transportation market was not entirely favorable. As the statistics show, for the first six months, many carriers lost up to 1.4% of their average passenger traffic figures for the previous year. For example, the leader of international transportation, Transaero, lost 4.2% in the spring-summer period compared to the same period in 2014.

The falling demand for 5.7% was felt by the company "Siberia", and "UTair" lost almost a third of its passenger traffic. Increase in sales is felt only by Aeroflot and Russia. And the share of the latter last year increased by as much as 21%.

If you combine all the data, it turns out that in the first half of 2015, the largest airlines in Russia lost 15 million 520 thousand passengers.

Aeroflot

"Aeroflot" - this is truly the leader of transportation in Russia. The company even managed to get into the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to a huge passenger flow. In 2014, this figure was 67 million 121 thousand. For information, passenger traffic is the number of people traveling back and forth. Thus, the number indicates what kind of turnover the company can service for the year. And so, all services of Aeroflot last year were used by 23 million 610 thousand people.

Transaero

The rating of the largest airlines in Russia can not be imagined without "Transaero". This company always goes side by side with Aeroflot and concedes only in some numbers. If you look at the rating by the number of traffic with international traffic, then this carrier would undoubtedly take the first place.

This is not surprising, because "Transaero" provides transportation to all five continents, connects the largest cities in the world and allows our compatriots to travel without borders. Last year, the passenger flow rate stopped at the level of 47 million 66 thousand passenger-kilometers. Over a year, it was possible to transport slightly more than 13 million passengers.

UTair

For 25 years of its work the company was able to win a good share of the Russian air transportation market. To date, it closes the top three in the rating "The largest airlines in Russia in terms of passenger traffic." Planes fly to 85 points of the world, including the cities of our vast homeland.

For its passengers, UTair offers 4 service options: economy, comfort, business and premium. People who fly economy class can count only on soft drinks, comfort means more comfortable seats, a warm blanket and lunch during the flight. Business is even better, but premiums are used only by high-ranking personalities, since they have a separate entrance and exit, as well as a comfortable lounge and flight exclusively on the best airplanes. Passenger traffic in 2014 was 20 million passenger-kilometers.

S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines (or, as it is customarily called, "Siberia") is the largest carrier in the internal directions. Of course, residents of Siberia can use this carrier to fly to the CIS countries, East Asia and the Middle East.

In 2014, S7 Airlines reached its maximum in terms of passenger traffic, which amounted to 15 million passenger-kilometers. For this period, nearly 7 million people used the services of the carrier.

"North wind"

Although the company's name is associated with the majority with the fact that the air carrier carries out its flights to the northern directions, this is not so. The main airport is Sheremetyevo in Moscow, and flights are made to almost all the most popular resort cities of Russia and the world. It was thanks to its routes that the "North Wind" could get into the rating "The largest airlines of Russia".

In 2014, 4 million 472 thousand people flew to some resort city in the world aboard the aircraft of the "North Wind". In the same year, passenger traffic was 13.4 million passenger-kilometers.

World leaders in terms of the number of passengers carried

Let's consider the largest airlines of Russia and the world in such a parameter as the number of passengers carried.

1. The first place belongs to a company from the US American Airlines, its figure is 193 million people. This is the largest company in the world, carrying out transportation to almost all points of the globe.
2. The second place also belongs to a representative from the USA - Delta Air Lines. 164 million passengers a year do not allow to bypass American Airlines.
3. And the top three leaders are another American company - United Airlines. It is capable of serving 30,000 passengers less than its closest rival, Delta Air Lines.
4. Southwest Airlines - again the US and a figure of 133 million people.
5. Ironically, but the fifth place in Ireland - Ryanair and 81 million people.
6. China found itself on the sixth line and its company China Eastern Airline with a figure of 79 million people.
7. It's time for Europe to prove that passengers fly to it from all over the world. And they do it from Germany - Lufthansa and 76 million people.
8. The eighth place was again in China. This time, the "Southern Airlines" (China Southern Airlines) with the figure of 64 million people.
9. The British airline EasyJet carries a little more than 61 million people.
10. China tops the top ten. "Chinese Airlines" can serve 51 million passengers.

The largest Russian airlines, Aeroflot and Transaero, were able to enter only the top thirty. There are no leaders among them.

World leaders in passenger traffic

As for such an indicator as passenger traffic, here the places were distributed slightly differently. Recall that the largest airlines in Russia in terms of passenger turnover are Aeroflot, Transaero and UTair. As for the latter firm, it, unfortunately, never ever got into the world ratings, its service sphere is too small. But the leaders of the domestic market can often be found on the lists of the largest airlines in the world.

So, we represent the rating of world air carriers according to the data on passenger traffic:

1. Heads the rating of American Airlines, given the fact that a couple of years ago it merged with another American company. Due to this, the company became the world leader, and its indicator for 2014 - 346, 878 billion passenger-kilometers.
2. The second place belongs to United Airlines, although in the previous ranking it is on the third position - 330.124 billion passenger-kilometers.
3. The third line belongs to Delta Air Lines and 313,809 billion passenger-kilometers.
4. The fourth place is honorably occupied by "United Arab Airlines", which serve the whole of South-East Asia. Passenger traffic is 215.353 billion passenger-kilometers.
5. Let's take a look at the fifth line, which belongs to Germany, Lufthansa with 153,204 billion passenger-person per year.