MOSCOW, November 9 - RAPSI. The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Aeroflot's lawsuit to recover 146.66 million rubles ($4.65 million) in losses from the VTB 24 bank after a hacker attack on its online ticket sales system, the court spokesperson told RAPSI on Friday.

The court has also dismissed the bank's counterclaim against Aeroflot.

Aeroflot seeks to recover losses resulting from a July 16, 2010 hacker attack on its online ticket sales system. The problem was fixed only a week later.

Earlier, the airline provided the court with a list of the clients who were unable to book air tickets during the system's malfunction. The list shows over 9,000 reservation failures.

The bank filed a counterclaim seeking 23.7 million rubles ($751,645) in expenses for American Express card authorizations and contract execution costs.

VTB 24 told the court that hackers attacked the Assist and MultiCarta servers, which sell e-tickets for the bank. The court involved both companies as third parties in the case. Assist also facilitates Aeroflot's online operations and sells its e-tickets together with VTB 24.

Chronopay General Director Pavel Vrublevsky, who has been charged in connection with the attack, also took part in the proceedings.

Based in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Aeroflot is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance, which flies to 898 destinations in 169 countries. Its fleet is one of the youngest in Europe. In 2010, Aeroflot transported over 11 million passengers. The Federal State Agency for Property Management is Aeroflot's primary shareholder, with a 51.17 percent stake.

VTB 24 is Russia's second largest retail bank. Its profits in 2011 were 26.6 billion rubles ($843.6 million).