Economy19.04.2024 - 13:02

Economy class airfare in Russia rose by 25% last year

In the country, airplanes carried 105 million passengers last year. Domestic airlines were used by 83 million people.

Фото: ru.freepik.com

In Russia, the cost of domestic flights in economy class in the first quarter of this year rose by 25% and amounted to 7,015 rubles. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to Rosstat data .

On average, the cost of economy class flights across the country in March this year increased by 23% year-on-year and reached 7,345 rubles.

The most expensive was to fly from the Penza region - an average of 14,716 rubles (+4%) per ticket. Also from the Komi Republic. The ticket cost an average of 14,663 rubles (+42%) and the Republic of Mari El - 13,559 rubles (+25%).

From the capital an economy class ticket cost on average 8 504 rubles (+19%), from St. Petersburg - 10 800 rubles (+19%).

In Russia, airplanes carried 105 million passengers in 2023. Domestic airlines were used by 83 million Russians.

This year for subsidizing interregional air travel from the federal budget allocated 8.1 billion rubles.

Earlier it was written that the number of vacation bookings abroad by Russians increased by 10-20% in the first quarter of 2024.

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