OREANDA-NEWS. March 21, 2011. According to KPI results for January 2011, the UTair Group has demonstrated stable development of all operational areas. Within the UTair Group, comprised of UTair Aviation, UTair Express, UTair Ukraine, UTair Cargo, Nefteyugansk OJSC, Helisur, UTair Europe s.r.o. and UTair South Africa (Pty) Ltd, a total of 422,828 passengers were carried by fixed and rotary wing aircraft in January of this year, an 18.2 % YoY increase for the same period last year.

Significant growth in other operational indicators was also marked during the reporting period. Passenger turnover achieved by UTair Group companies in January 2011 increased 36.3% over the same period last year, achieving a total of 718 million KPM.

In January UTair aircraft transported 1,088.1 tons of cargo, 15.1% more than in January 2009. Fixed wing aircraft among UTair Group companies logged 17,224 flight hours in January, 20.5% more than last year. UTair helicopters logged 6,748 flight hours, 14.1 % more than for the same period in 2010.

UTair Group KPI for January 2011:

Operational Activity

Unit of Measurement

January 2010

January 2011

Increase in, %

Passenger Operations

Passenger turnover

PKM.

526,952.4

718,052.2

136.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logged flight hours

hours

14,294

17,224

120.5

 

Passengers transported

persons

318,346

381,522

119.8

 

Cargo transported

tons

945.2

1,088.1

115

 

Mail transported

tons

238.9

264.4

110.7

 

Helicopter Operations

Logged flight hours

hours

5,912

6,748

114.1

 

Passengers transported

persons

39.420

41,306

105

 

Cargo transported

tons

6,614.9

5,331.4

80.6