OREANDA-NEWS. UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) has successfully completed the procedures for extending an air operator’s certificate, thus confirming its right to provide commercial air service and air operation until April 29, 2009.

A corresponding document was signed by Gennady Kurzenkov, the head of the Federal Service for Transport Supervision of the Russian Transportation Ministry.

UTair Aviation is Russia’s largest civil air operator with its fleet numbering 300 aircraft.