OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 June 2008 was announced, that UTair (UTair Aviation JSC) carried 1,191,606 passengers from January to May 2008, which is 24.8 percent more than in the corresponding period of last year.

The transportation of mail was up 41.8 percent in the first five months of this year.

UTair’s helicopters spent 23,117 flight hours in the air, 11.7 percent more than in the same period last year.

According to UTair’s business plan, the company’s revenue will rise 55 percent in 2008 to RUB 33 billion (approx. \\$1.4bn). Its planes and helicopters will spend 240,000 hours in the air, carrying 4 million passengers. In addition, twenty new flight routes will be introduced. Helicopter operations will be carried out in Russia and in eleven foreign countries.