Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Aigul Absametova. “Developing Air Transport Potentialof the EurAsEC Countries”Advanced Economic Cooperationin Sectors and Industries10083.873.964.648.7 51.349.1 50.936.426.116.20Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Total EurAsECFigure 10.4.EurAsEC’sinternational anddomestic passengertraffic in 2010 (%)Source: InternationalAviation Committeeinternational flightsdomestic flightsAlthough leading foreign airlines provide international flights in EurAsEC andaim to expand their destination network as well as passenger and cargo traffic,domestic airlines account for approximately 66% of international passengertraffic (see Figure 10.5).39.343.262.969.966.765.760.756.837.1 30.133.334.3Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Total EurAsECFigure 10.5.Internationalpassenger trafficthrough EurAsEC bydomestic and foreignairlines in 2010 (%)Source: InternationalAviation Committeeforeign airlinesdomestic airlinesIn 2010, 23.3 million passengers departed from EurAsEC airports to internationaldestinations, of which 7.97 million people travelled by foreign airlines and15.3 million people by domestic airlines. However, the country-to-countrydistribution of foreign companies’ shares in international passenger traffic variessignificantly. Their share is high in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and relatively lowin Kazakhstan and Russia.In 2010, EurAsEC’s civil aviation companies transported over 964,000 tonnesof freight and mail, a 69% increase over the last ten years. Belarus showedthe highest approximately fourfold increase in freight traffic. At the same time,cargo traffic in Kyrgyzstan declined almost threefold in 2010, compared to2000. Russia accounts for more than 96% of all cargo traffic (see Table 10.7).Eurasian Development Bank171