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Article: Aeroflot expects passenger volume to drop 14% in 2009 (Part 2).
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- Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire
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- November 5, 2009
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Aeroflot expects passenger volume to drop 14% in 2009 (Part 2)
MOSCOW. Nov 5 (Interfax) - Aeroflot Russian Airlines (RTS: AFLT) expects passenger volume to total about 8 million in 2009, 14% less than in 2008.
"We anticipate over 8 million passengers in 2009. It's too early to guess at a more exact figure," General Director Vitaly Savelyev said at a briefing on Thursday.
The flagship carrier had 9.3 million passengers in 2008.
The company had previously said passenger volume in 2009 would equal last year's level.
Aeroflot saw passenger volume decline 8.9% in January-September 2009 to 6.5 million. Passenger ...