Russian airline traffic down in October as Aeroflot puts Egypt back on the schedule

Russian Aviation Insider is reporting that October traffic is down some 25% collectively across Russian airlines, who together carried 8.25 million passengers.  The website also highlights that the average load factor was also down, decreasing by 2% to 81.7. 

Leading Russian airline Aeroflot has recently announced the reinstatement of flights from Russia to Egypt,   the state-controlled firm resumed regular flights to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh on 1st October. The flights to the popular leisure destinations on the Red Sea are operated from Sheremetyevo Terminal C and are flown by Airbus A330 aircraft.  Aeroflot has two configurations on its A330 aircraft which accommodate either 36 or 28 people in business class and 265 or 268 in economy respectively.  

Aeroflot has confirmed it has also resumed daily services to Cairo with effect from 12th November, daily flights will be operated to the Egyptian capital. 

Moscow (SVO-C) — Cairo	SU0400	08:55	14:15	Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Sat,Sun
Cairo — Moscow (SVO-C)	SU0401	15:15	22:25	Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Sat,Sun

Moscow (SVO-C) — Cairo	SU0400	08:50	14:15	Fri
Cairo — Moscow (SVO-C)	SU0401	15:15	22:20	Fri

The flights are being flown by Boeing 737-800 jets featuring 20 seats in business class and 138 in economy class...

 Aeroflot has completed the transition to the domestic Leonardo air ticket booking system. The service developed by the Sirena-Travel company in partnership with Rostec State Corporation has replaced the foreign software which will help build protection against possible incidents and failures caused by sanctions.