According to this data, the passenger flow in January 2010 increased by 34% in comparison with the same period of 2009.

The increase was mostly noted for international flights, the demand for them rose for 35%. It's interesting that the number of flights abroad increased by 39% as for the near abroad countries, the dynamics of growth was not so considerable, just +11%. The dynamics of growth for domestic flights was very impressive with indicator of +30%.

It's important to note that the percentage of the occupancy of the seats and enplaned traffic increased in January, 2010. The occupancy of the seats increased by 5.5% (from 66.5% to 71.9%). As for international flights - from 68.9% to 75.5% and from 62.9% to 66.7% (+3.8%) for domestic flights. The enplaned traffic increased by 4.8% (62.4%) in comparison with January, 2009. In general, about 3.4 million people were transported in January by Russian air carries.