OREANDA-NEWS. Transaero Airlines reports its operational results for the first seven months of 2013. The results demonstrate the company's stable development and highlight growth across all key performance indicators.

In January-July 2013:

• Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) increased to a total of 26,918 million, a 20.1% increase over the first seven months of 2012

• Number of passengers carried reached 6,976,481, a 24.8% increase compared with January-July 2012

• Freight turnover grew to a total of 2,621 million tkm, an 18.8% rise over the first seven months of 2012

• Transaero delivered a total of 34,834.9 tons of cargo in the first seven months of 2013, up 4.6% on January-July 2012

About Transaero Airlines:

Transaero Airlines is the second-largest passenger airline in Russia. Transaero launched its services in November, 1991. Transaero's fleet consists of 100 aircraft, including twenty-four Boeing 747s, fourteen Boeing 777s, fifteen 767s, forty two 737s, three Tupolev 214 and two Tu-204-100C aircraft. Transaero has the largest long-haul fleet in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. It is the only commercial carrier flying Boeing 747 passenger aircraft in the region. According to the German Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center (JACDEC), Transaero ranks among the top 20 safest carriers in the world. Transaero serves more than 190 routes in Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Transaero is the winner of Air Transport World magazine's Airline Market Leadership Award 2012 and has been named the World's Best Improved Airline at the Skytrax 2013 Awards. Transaero was voted the Best Airline in EMEA by Frequent Business Traveler, US online publication.