Key Operational Highlights
An improvement in the epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation, a temporary halt to operations at a number of airports in southern Russia and fewer flights as a result of a decrease in the number of aircraft were the main drivers behind the growth of FPC’s passenger traffic in 2022. The number of passengers carried totalled 95.9 million, including 55.5 million in the regulated segment and 40.5 million in the deregulated segment. The number of passenger carried as a whole rose to 118.2% compared to 2021, and to 162.6% compared to 2020.
Passenger traffic for 2022 increased by 20.7% against 2021 and amounted to 81.2 billion passenger-km (up 68.5% vs. 2020). The volume of traffic on the FPC-marshalled trains increased to 79.9 billion passenger-km (up 119.9% vs. 2021, up 168.1% vs. 2020), including 47.1 billion passenger-km in the regulated segment (up 119.0% vs. 2021, up 160.0% vs. 2020) and 32.9 billion passenger-km in the deregulated segment (up 121.2% vs. 2021, up 181.1% vs. 2020).
In the reporting year, passenger-kilometres served by trains of the CIS and Baltic States totalled 1.2 billion passenger-km (up 217.4% vs. 2021, 197.3% vs. 2020).
The reinstatement of regular interstate passenger services with the Republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic is the reason for the rise in international traffic. The passenger service to Mongolia has been resumed since April 2022.
The number of passenger kilometres travelled by FPC-marshalled trains climbed to 79.9 billion, up 119.9% year-on-year, while the amount of carriage kilometres worked increased to 2,522.2 million, up 105.4% year-on-year. Thus, the capacity utilisation rate was 71.9%, which is 7.7 p.p. above 2021 and 14.7 p.p. above 2020.