OREANDA-NEWS.  UTair Aviation (UTair Aviation, JSC) increased its number of transported passengers to 2,041,550 people from January to October of this year, which is a 32.2 percent growth compared to the same period of 2005. The company also reported a substantial improvement in other operating indicators. In particular, passenger traffic increased 25.3 percent.

The volume of mail and cargo carried by transport aircraft went up 23.2 percent and 17.7 percent respectively from January to October 2006 against the same period in 2005.

UTair’s airplanes logged 91,505 flights hours, up 16.6 percent from the previous year.

The company’s helicopters logged 51,067 flight hours, which is a 13.6 percent increase compared to the first ten months of last year.