OREANDA-NEWS. UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) carried 730,165 passengers in January-April 2007, which is 22.7 percent more than in the first four months of the previous year.

In particular, the company’s passenger traffic rose 28.9 percent.

In January-April 2007, the volume of mail carried by transport aircraft surged 61.6 percent, the volume of transported cargo grew 50.5 percent.

UTair’s airplanes logged 34,183 flight hours, up 20.5 percent from a year ago.

The company’s helicopters logged 13,920 flight hours, which is 6.6 percent more than in the same period in 2006.