Rosaviatsia announced the volume of passenger traffic of Russian airlines

This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

"According to operational data, in July of this year, Russian carriers served 6.72 million passengers, which is -52.8% compared to the volume for the same period last year," the ministry said.

At the same time, it is noted that the number of passengers in June amounted to 2.84 million people.

Earlier, the Federal Air Transport Agency prepared and sent for interdepartmental approval proposals to extend the period for granting subsidies to airlines.