OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2011. UTair Group continues to show significant growth. In January-February 2011 the Group’s aircraft and rotorcraft transported 808,409 passengers, a YoY increase of 14%. The UTair Group consists of UTair Aviation, UTair Express, UTair-Ukraine, UTair-Cargo, Nefteyugansk OAO, Helisur, UTair Europe s.r.o. and UTair South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

Other indices also grew considerably. In particular, passenger turnover constituted 1,333,298.2 passenger-kilometers, an increase of 28.9% from same period in 2010.

In January-February the Group’s aircraft delivered 2,323.3 tons of cargo, 8.3% more than for the same period in 2010 and 621.6 tons of mail, 33.8% more than for the same period in 2010. In total, the Group’s fixed wing aircraft logged 33,137 flight hours, 18.5% more than for the same period last year. The by UTair Group’s helicopters logged a total of 13,194 flight hours, 11.9% more than for the same reporting period last year.

UTair Group’s Key Performance Indicators for January-February 2011:

Operational Activity

Unit of Measurement

January-February 2010

January-February 2011

Increase in, %

Passenger Operations

Passenger turnover

PKM.

1 034 218,8

1 333 298,2

128,9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logged flight hours

hours

27 955

33 137

118,5

 

Passengers transported

persons

631 443

727 973

115,3

 

Cargo transported

tons

2 144,3

2 323,3

108,3

 

Mail transported

tons

464,6

621,6

133,8

 

Helicopter Operations

Logged flight hours

hours

11 795

13 194

111,9

 

Passengers transported

persons

77 406

80 436

104

 

Cargo transported

tons

13 538,6

11 071,3

81,8