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Russian flights in January - July of this year transported 2.61 million people to Crimea and back, Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) statistics said.

So, in January, Russian airlines completed 1,257 flights on which 172,013 people were transported. In February, the number of passengers fell to 134,576 and the number of flights was 1,040. In March airlines increased passenger transport to the peninsula to 180,944 and the number of flights rose to 1,343.

In April, Russian airlines transported 208,304 people to the peninsula and back, and the number of flights amounted to 1,710. In May 2,389 flights were carried out and the number of passengers rose to 342,103 people.

In June of this year, Russian airlines transported 676,269 people to Crimea and back and the number of flights was 4,487. In July, the number of passengers increased to 896,037 people and 5,351 flights were completed.