Rossiya Airlines
Russia
North-West Federal District of the Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
196210, ul. Pilot, d. 18 building 4
Owners:
Aeroflot - 75%
Government of St. Petersburg (Administration)
Owners
Aktivs
As of July 2014, the fleet of the airline Russia"" consists of 38 modern airliners. The company is the first in the country to operate the latest Russian-Ukrainian An-148-100V aircraft. Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 767-300 aircraft are also used for commercial transportation.
Pulkovo, the airline's base airport, is a separate structure that is not part of Rossiya Airlines.
Performance indicators
2025
Revenue growth by 20% to ₽201,6 billion
Rossiya Airlines, part of the Aeroflot group, at the end of 2025 increased revenue to ₽201,6 billion - 20% more than in 2024. Net profit amounted to ₽32,3 billion against a loss of ₽11,7 billion in 2024. The data is contained in the company's RAS reports published on March 2, 2026.
According to Finmarket, domestic transportation provided the main contribution to revenue growth: revenue on Russian routes added 25% and reached ₽155 billion. The share of this segment in total revenue increased from 74% to 77%. International transportation brought in ₽42,7 billion (+ 9%), but their share in the income structure decreased from 23 to 21%. The company's report indicates that the shift in favor of domestic flights is associated with the reorientation of the route network amid sanctions against the Russian Federation and the Aeroflot group, as well as a decrease in flights to the CIS countries, Asia and the Middle East.
The cost of sales increased by almost 16% - to ₽199,7 billion. Gross profit amounted to ₽1,96 billion against a loss of ₽5 billion in 2024.
Other revenues played a key role in the formation of net profit, which reached ₽56,3 billion - an increase of 2.4 times. The main contribution was provided by exchange rate differences - ₽47,5 billion (in 2024 their effect was zero). Reimbursement under the excise tax amounted to ₽4,3 billion (-65%), state subsidies - ₽1,3 billion (-24%). Other expenses decreased by 86% - to ₽4,1 billion.
The company's debt burden at the end of 2025 decreased. Long-term liabilities decreased by 14% and amounted to ₽210,7 billion, including borrowings - ₽7,3 billion (at the end of 2024 they were absent). Short-term liabilities decreased by 10% to almost ₽100 billion, including ₽1 billion borrowed funds (-67%).
Rossiya Airlines is one of the country's largest air carriers. The base airports are St. Petersburg Pulkovo and Moscow Sheremetyevo. Aeroflot controls 75% minus 1 share of the company, blocking the package is assigned to the administration of St. Petersburg.[1]
Passenger traffic growth by 4.4% to 12.02 million people
On January 15, 2026, Rossiya Airlines, part of the Aeroflot Group, published its operating results for 2025. According to the report, the carrier's passenger traffic grew by 4.4% over the year, reaching 12.02 million people.
According to statistics from the airline's press service, 111,576 flights were operated in 2025. The main volume of traffic fell on domestic destinations - 10.47 million passengers. 1.55 million people were transported on international lines. The indicator of commercial loading of the cabin (profitable passengers per available seat) amounted to 89.2%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to 2024.
The most popular domestic direction was the route - MoscowSt. Petersburg which served 2.4 million passengers. The top 7 domestic destinations also included: Kaliningrad-Moscow (399.1 thousand passengers), Kaliningrad-St. Petersburg (386 thousand), Sochi-Sankt-Petersburg (305 thousand), Murmansk-Sankt-Petersburg (267.9 thousand), Magadan-Moskva (238.8 thousand) and Mineralnye Vody-St. Petersburg (208.8 thousand).
Among foreign destinations, the Moscow-Varadero (Cuba) route with a result of 114.9 thousand people became the leader in passenger traffic. This is followed by Sochi-Istanbul ( 112.2 thousand), Sochi-Yerevan ( 92.3 thousand), St. Petersburg-Yerevan (87.4 thousand), St. Petersburg-Almaty ( 83.2 thousand), St. Petersburg-Istanbul (65.1 thousand) and Krasnoyarsk-Tashkent ( 51.1 thousand).
Rossiya Airlines is the largest regional carrier in the country. Its main operating bases are located in five cities:, St. Petersburg, To Moscow Krasnoyarsk, Sochi and. Vladivostok The route network includes 105 directions, of which 69 are internal. The air fleet consists of 136 aircraft, including 78 Russian-made aircraft.
The launch in 2024 of the Shuttle high-frequency transportation program between Moscow and St. Petersburg made it possible to increase the raid on Superjet 100 aircraft by 50%. In 2024, the airline's passenger traffic amounted to 11.5 million people, which ensured its place in the top five among Russian air carriers. The company has 7 thousand employees.[2]
2023
Loss growth by 41 times, up to 21.6 billion rubles
In 2023, net losses of Rossiya Airlines (which is the base carrier of the St. Petersburg airport) Pulkovo amounted to 21.6 billion, rubles which is 41 times more than cash losses a year ago. The carrier's revenue in 2023 reached 118.4 billion rubles, an increase of 16% on an annualized basis. Such data is contained in the report "," Aeroflot which owns 75% minus 1 share "."Russia
According to Interfax with reference to these documents, the short-term obligations of Rossiya Airlines by the end of 2023 were measured at 65.1 billion rubles (a year earlier - 64 billion rubles), long-term - 239.5 billion rubles (208.1 billion rubles at the end of 2023). The carrier's fleet totaled 36 aircraft by the end of 2023, including 78 domestic Superjets 100.
According to Russia's own data, in 2023 about 300 thousand people used the airline's services for flights from Pulkovo abroad. The most popular destinations were:
- Yerevan: About 60 thousand people chose flights with the airline to the capital of Armenia, which was facilitated by a convenient schedule (passengers were able to plan a weekend tour) and the launch of a business class.
- Samarkand: More than 22 thousand passengers used flights from St. Petersburg to this city. Samarkand has become a center of attraction for tourists from Russia as part of cultural and educational travel, the press service of "Russia" notes.
- Dubai: "Russia" in 2023 transported more than 20 thousand people along this route. The airline operated flights to the airport of Al Maktoum.
In 2023, direct flights were launched from St. Petersburg to the capitals of Azerbaijan - Baku, Uzbekistan - Tashkent. The frequency of flights increased from Pulkovo to the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Antalya, the capital Yerevan, Samarkand in Uzbekistan and Dubai in the UAE.[3]
7.3% increase in passenger numbers to 9.1 million people
The airline Russia"" in 2023 carried about 9.1 million passengers, which is 7.3% more than a year earlier. Such data group Aeroflot"," which includes the carrier, published in January 2024.
In 2023, Rossiya transported 1.1 million passengers on international lines, which is 6.7% less than in 2022. On domestic lines, the growth was 9.6% - up to 7.97 million passengers.
Passenger seat occupancy in 2023 increased by 4.9 percentage points compared to 2022 and amounted to 86.4%. On domestic lines, the indicator amounted to 86.8%, an increase of 4.9 pp, and on international lines - 84.6% (+ 5.1 pp). Passenger turnover of Rossiya Airlines in 2023 increased by 12.5%. On international lines, the indicator is 24.5%, on domestic lines - 10.3%, follows from the statistics of the Aeroflot group.
Rossiya Airlines is the largest operator of domestically produced aircraft. By the end of 2023, there were 137 aircraft in the carrier's fleet, of which 78 were Superjets 100. The airline team has more than 7 thousand people. Rossiya is the base carrier of Pulkovo (St. Petersburg), Sheremetyevo (Moscow), Krasnoyarsk and Sochi airports . The technical unit of the airline in St. Petersburg performs all types of services, including heavy forms.
According to the press service of Rossiya Airlines, the carrier is recognized as the most punctual airline in domestic Russian destinations at Vnukovo International Airport for 2023 in the nomination from 500 thousand to million passengers transported. The airline's main passenger traffic in 2023 was focused on the St. Petersburg-Moscow air line. In total, about 4 thousand flights were carried out in this direction.[4]
History
The company traces its history back to 1934. Being the successor of the Pulkovo airline.
2000: IATA Membership
Since June 2000, the airline has been a full member of the International Air Transport Association - IATA, which demonstrates a high level in the international air transportation market.
2001: Interline Agreement Membership (MITA)
Since December 31, 2001, Rossiya Airlines has been registered as a full member of the international organization of participants in the multilateral Interline Agreement (MITA). Rossiya operates under various commercial agreements with more than 100 Russian and foreign airlines.
2006: FSUE GTP "Russia": association "Pulkovo" and GTC "Russia"
FSUE State Transport Company Rossiya, which merged Pulkovo and Rossiya State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, began flying under a single flag on October 29, 2006. This date was an important milestone, the starting point of the modern history of the company. The unification took place in pursuance of Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1119 of 24.08.2004 and Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 881 of 29.12.2004. The chronicle of the enterprise is inseparable from the history of Pulkovo and Rossiya airlines, each of which made its significant contribution, creating a unique history of Rossiya Airlines.
2007: IOSA Security Audit
According to the results of the operational safety audit of the International Air Association transport (IOSA - IATA Operational Safety Audit) in 2007, the airline was included in the register of IOSA operators, and in 2013 it passed the fourth audit. The airline "" is Russia the owner of a single certificate of compliance of the quality management system (QMS) with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
2011: Reorganization and joining the Aeroflot Group of Companies
FSUE "GTC" Russia "was transformed into OJSC" Airline Russia. " On January 28, 2011, the Open Joint Stock Company Rossiya Airlines was registered. This event was the result of the reorganization of the company, which took place in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 10.07.2008. No. 1052, order of the Federal Agency for State Property Management dated 26.05.2010 No. 132, order of the territorial administration of the Federal Property Management Agency in the city of St. Petersburg dated 21.01.2011 No. 27-r.
The joint-stock company became the full successor and owner of all the rights and obligations of FSUE GTC Russia. Pulkovo, the airline's base airport, is a separate structure that is not part of Rossiya Airlines.
Since 2011, Rossiya Airlines has been a member of the Aeroflot group of companies, the total passenger traffic of which at the end of the year amounted to 20 million passengers, that is, about a third of all domestic air transportation. The main owners of the company are Aeroflot OJSC and the Government of St. Petersburg.
2023: The directors of the flight control center of the airline deceived 12 million rubles
Main article: Victims of phone scammers
According to Shot in May 2023, 58-year-old Andrei Peret was at home when an unknown person called him and introduced himself as a police captain. A voice on the tube reported that there have been many cases of fraud recently. And Andrei has money in his accounts, so he will be recruited from the Central Bank and told how to protect himself.
Further, the classic scheme: a girl called Andrei and said that applications for loans as much as 12 million rubles were submitted on his behalf. You can only save yourself in the only way: take these loans on your own and transfer money to "safe accounts." Peret did everything he was told to do.
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