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Aeroflot Russian Airlines

In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the airline became the successor to the name Aeroflot and the trademark of the former Soviet air international carrier

In 2000, the annual stockholders meeting changed the name of the company to JSC "Aeroflot - Russian Airlines", which corresponds better to the status and profile of Russia's national airline company.

Aeroflot enters into the list of 25 world leading airlines according to the financial indices (by ATW version).

Aeroflot controls about 11% of home and 39% of international market for air transportation of Russia.

In 2006 year the airline transported 7 million 290 thousand passengers and 145.3 thousand tons of mail and freights. The company performed 22 billion 406 million passenger-kilometers and 2 billion 885 million tonne-kilometers. The occupation ratio of passenger seats in 2006 amounted in general to 70.1%, the ratio of the revenue load was 57.7%.

In comparison with the level of 2005 the volume of works increased by all the indexes except for transportation of freights and amounted to: 108.7% (+583.7 thousand passengers) by passenger transportation, 108.0% (+1655.8 million passenger-kilometers) by passenger turnover, 105.4% (+148.6 million tonne-kilometers) by tonne-kilometers, 102.5% (+ 112.0 tons) by transportation of mail, 99.7% (-388.1 tons) by transportation of freights.

The flying time in comparison with the level of 2005 increased by 6.5% on passenger aircrafts and decreased by 5.8% on freight aircrafts. The flying time of the fleet in general increased by 5.8% (+14930 hours).

Preliminary financial and economic results of operational activities for 2006 reveal the increase of income by 18.5% in dollar terms and considerable growth of income in comparison with the last year.

Aeroflot is going to build its own terminal Sheremetyevo-3 by 2007.



Aeroflot Today

Since 1970 Russian Federation has been a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and starting from 1989 its national carrier – Aeroflot has become a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

In June of 2000 by the decision of shareholders during the general annual meeting airline acquired a title JSC “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines”, which better corresponds to the status and profile of the national air carrier of the Russian Federation.

Open joint-stock company “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines” was founded in July 1992. The founder of the company is the Government of the Russian Federation, which owns 51% of the company’s shares, 49% of the shares are owned by the employees of the airline and other legal entities.

The highest administration body of the Company during the intervening period between annual shareholders’ meetings is a Board of Directors.

Airline employs more than 15,000 people, including 2,000 flight specialists; more than 500 of them are aircraft commanders.

In 2006 year the airline transported 7 million 290 thousand passengers and 145.3 thousand tons of mail and freights. The company performed 22 billion 406 million passenger-kilometers and 2 billion 885 million tonne-kilometers. The occupation ratio of passenger seats in 2006 amounted in general to 70.1%, the ratio of the revenue load was 57.7%.

Aeroflot disposes of the largest air traffic control center in Eastern Europe. The whole process of aircraft control is automated and it functions in real time, which allows to provide a high safety of the flights (99,95%) and meets the level of the most reliable airlines in the world.

The priority goals for the airline are:

• Providing flight safety;
• Improvement of service quality for Aeroflot clients on the ground and on board of the aircrafts as well;
• Development of the business structure and improvement of efficiency in the company;
• Strengthening of the financial positions on domestic and international air carriages markets.
  

In the 1920s, after the end of World War I, European countries increasingly used aviation for peaceful purposes; transporting passengers, mail and cargo. Russia kept pace with its neighbors with flights abroad generally operated using re-equipped warplanes.

On May 1, 1922, flights on the first international route, Moscow-Koenigsberg (Germany at that time), were launched and later extended to include Berlin.

July 15, 1923, marked the introduction of the first regular domestic route between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.

On February 25, 1932, the Central Administration of Civil Air Fleet was founded and an official abbreviation of the country's civil aviation was adopted - "Aeroflot".

In 1956 Aeroflot launched the world's first jet, the TU-104 for operation on Russia's domestic and international routes.

In August 1959, Sheremetyevo airport was opened with the primary task of accommodating interational flights.

In the late 1950s the world's largest aircraft TU-114, equipped with more efficient turbo-prop engines, underwent rigorous testing and was launched into operation by Aeroflot.

In January 1971, the Aeroflot Central Administration of International Air Traffic was established within the framework of the International Airline Transportation Administration, and became the industry's sole enterprise authorized to operate international flights. Abroad the airline was known as "Aeroflot - Soviet Airlines."

In 1980, Aeroflot was named general carrier of participants of the XXII Olympic Games held in Moscow. A new international airport Sheremetyevo 2, capable of simultaneously handling 31 aircraft of any type, was constructed in order to welcome athletes and guests to the capital from all over the world. The official opening ceremony was held on May 6.

In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, former Soviet republics and regions in Russia began founding their own airline companies. Our company was the successor to the name Aeroflot and trademark of the former Soviet air carrier. In June of the same year the "Aeroflot - Soviet Airlines" Commercial Production Alliance was created, which was transformed into the open stock company "Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines" on July 28, 1992. At the same time, the airline began operating foreign aircraft. The first foreign aircraft to appear at Aeroflot were the leased A310-300 manufactured by Airbus Industry. Two years later, the company acquired Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, which adhere to the highest ecological and noise standards.

In 1994, the airline acquired Russian-made third generation Il-96-300 aircraft for international flights, which fully adhere to the noise standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization. In late 1995, the airline leased the DC-10-30F long-haul freight carrier.