Aircraft
Russian Transport Ministry Sees Sharp Drop in Air Traffic by 2025
A draft report prepared by Russia’s Ministry of Transport projects a drop in traffic of between 24 and 48 percent over the next three years.
An Airbus A320 (left) and a Boeing 737-800 in Aeroflot colors taxi at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
An Airbus A320 (left) and a Boeing 737-800 in Aeroflot colors taxi at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

Russia’s airline industry will experience between a 24 and 48 percent drop in passenger traffic over the next four years, and, at best, restore traffic to 2021 levels no earlier than 2030, according to a grim prognosis in a recently released draft report from Russia’s Ministry for Transportation.