MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. Passenger traffic of Russian airlines grew by 4.8% in September 2024 year-on-year to 10.7 mln passengers, the Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsiya) said in a statement.

"Passenger traffic of Russian airlines rose by 4.8% in September compared with the same month in 2023 to 10.7 mln people," the agency said.

Among the country’s top five air carriers were Aeroflot, Pobeda, Rossiya, S7, and Ural Airlines, the agency added. "In total they carried 7.5 mln people, up by 6.8% compared with last September," according to the statement.