OREANDA-NEWS. April 23, 2014. Aeroflot Group Companies triumphed at the national aviation award — Wings of Russia 2013. The ceremony was held yesterday at Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre.

JSC "Aeroflot" received Wings of Russia Award in two main categories.

Aeroflot was named "Airline of the Year — Domestic Passenger Carrier, Group I" (this category includes the largest Russian airlines with over 3 billion passenger-kilometers of traffic volume on domestic flights). The flag carrier won the award in another key category — "Airline of the Year — International Scheduled Passenger Carrier ". Aeroflot holds both titles for several years in a row.

20.9 million passengers traveled with JSC "Aeroflot" in 2013, while total traffic of Aeroflot Group amounted to 31.4 million passengers. Aeroflot achievements have been widely recognized both in Russia and abroad. Over the past year, the company has received more than 40 industry awards and prestigious international prizes.

The Award Committee marked the success of Aeroflot’s subsidiary airlines. The newly established Far East carrier Aurora became the winner in the category "Airline of the Year — Domestic Passenger Carrier, Group III (traffic volume from 0.05 to 1 billion pkm).

Orenburg Airlines (OrenAir) won awards in two categories — "Russian Airline of the Year — People’s Choice" and "Airline of the Year — Domestic Passenger Carrier, Group III (airlines with passenger traffic from 1 to 3 billion passenger-kilometers ).

Wings of Russia Award is a leading annual award of the national aviation industry. This year’s ceremony was held for the 17th time. 53 Russian and 52 foreign airlines were competing for the awards in 11 categories.

Winners were selected by a secret voting of the Expert Council, which included about 100 representatives of legislative and executive power, aviation business, NGOs, the media, distinguished figures of civil aviation and independent experts. Winners in two nominations were determined by passengers’ online voting.