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Passenger traffic of Smartavia down 6.7% in 2024

The aie carrier is still "committed to the digitalization line, which contributes to improving the company’s efficiency in ensuring a high level of safety of flights and the availability of flights for our passengers"

MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. Passenger traffic of Smartavia decreased by 6.7% in 2024 to 3.54 mln people, the air carrier reported. In terms of the volume of passenger traffic, the airline was the eighth on the list of top carriers in the reporting period.

"Amid continuing sanctions, the airline once again demonstrated stability in operations and the presence of development potential. We are still committed to the digitalization line, which contributes to improving the company’s efficiency in ensuring a high level of safety of flights and the availability of flights for our passengers. This line remains in the company’s strategy in 2025 as well," Smartavia Director General Sergey Lazarev was quoted as saying.

In 2023, the air carrier’s passenger traffic rose by 17% to 3.795 mln people.

Smartavia is a private Russian airline registered in Arkhangelsk and based in airports of Pulkovo (St. Petersburg) and Sheremetyevo (Moscow). Its fleet consists of Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, and Airbus A320neo jet airliners.