OREANDA-NEWS. On 06 July 2009 UTair Aviation JSC announceD new opportunities for the participants of the Company STATUS Frequent Flyer Program.

From now on a card of PREMIUM level will be issued to the participants of the STATUS program who have earned 10 thousand points and more during the flight year. This PREMIUM card grants new additional privileges to its holder. In particular, it allows to use the services provided by the business class lounges of 17 Russian airports, including the largest Moscow airports – Vnukovo and Domodedovo, at no cost for the card holder irrespective of the service class indicated in the ticket.

The PREMIUM card holders have priority when purchasing tickets in the Company offices and agencies and are granted with the extended free baggage allowance. The extended free baggage allowance depends on the service class and amounts to 25 kg for economy class, 35 kg for economy-comfort class or 45 kg for business class.

In addition to the above, each participant of the STATUS program who has shifted to PREMIUM level is additionally awarded with 2 thousand bonus points, which increases his/her chances to become a VIP participant of the Frequent Flyer Program.

The Frequent Flyer Program STATUS of UTair Aviation was launched in 2001. At the present moment more than 100 thousand clients of the Company take part in this Program as individual clients and approximately the same number – in STATUS Family program. About 600 companies are provided with corporate STATUS services. The STATUS Program offers various bonuses for the Company passengers in exchange for the points earned by using the Company flights. Among the awards offered to the participants there is a possibility to increase the service class, receive a free award ticket, gain access to the services provided by the partners of the STATUS Program and a number of other opportunities.