Russian airlines flew 15.6 percent fewer passengers on international flights in the first quarter of this year as demand plummeted due to a sharp devaluation of the ruble, according to data published Wednesday by Russia's Federal Air Transportation Agency.
The Moscow Times: Russian airlines fly 1.4 million fewer people abroad as weak ruble hits demand
A picture taken at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, on June 10, 2014, shows Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspecting a passenger jet of Aeroflot's new budget airline subsidiary, Dobrolet, which is to start flights to Crimea.
