OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 July 2008 was announced, that in first five months Transaero Airlines has maintained high rates of sustainable growth. All main operational indicators have increased by more than 50%. Thus in January – May:

Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) grew to 6,318 million, a 51% increase from the same period in 2007

Passenger number grew to 1.493 million, 51% more than in January – May, 2007

Freight turnover grew to 612 million tons km, a 51% increase over the first five months in 2007.

According to the published statistics in 2008 Transaero Airlines has become the second-largest carrier in Russia in terms of passenger traffic.