Passenger service of Vladivostok Avia grew 20.7 per cent in 2007 mainly due to the growth in international passenger service, with 2.5 billion passenger-kms in the full year, an increase of 16.6 per cent over the previous year. Passenger load factors totaled 72 per cent, a rise of 4.4 per cent. Cargo traffic grew 11.3 per cent with a load factor of 73.5 per cent, up marginally on a year earlier.
Meanwhile, Russia reached a temporary agreement with Tajikistan on lifting a ban on the flights by Tajik airlines to Russia.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency imposed the ban based on what it said were repeated violations of Russian air carriers’ rights by Tajik authorities.