At the same time, a significant increase was recorded in the number of passengers served by foreign air carriers

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Russian airports’ passenger traffic reached 79.7 mln people in May-August 2026, head of the Federal Agency for Air Transport Dmitry Yadrov said.

"Speaking about the performance of our airports, passenger traffic totaled 79.7 mln passengers, with a notable surge of 11% in the number of passengers served by foreign," he said at a meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

The agency’s press service told TASS that the data covers the period of May-August 2026.