OREANDA-NEWS. July 19, 2012. Figures from the UTair Group have shown that passenger traffic in 2012 is 40.9% up on last year.

Covering from January to June, the UTair Group’s aircrafts has already carried 3,883,009 passengers in 2012, indicating an increase of just over 40% when compared to the corresponding period of 2011.

Passenger turnover over the same time frame grew by 46.1% compared to the previous year, reaching 7, 223, 611 passenger- kilometres. This compares favourably to the industry norm with the latest data from Transport Clearing House showing average growth currently standing at 17.4%.

In the first half of 2012, the UTair Group’s airplanes spent 140,742 hours in the air, representing an uplift of 23.9% on the same period of last year. Furthermore, during the first six months of 2012, the Group’s aircrafts transported12,404 tons of cargo, exceeding 2011 by 56.3%.

Elsewhere, helicopter flying time significantly increased to 74,439 hours, surpassing last year’s January-June figures by 26.9%.

Further details on the UTair Group’s performance over the period January to June 2012 are shown in the table below:

Operational Aktivity

Unit

January-June

2011

January-June

2012

Relative deviation, %

Passenger traffic

Passenger turnover

PKM

4 945 735,2

7 223 611,2

146,1

Passengers transported

persons

2 756 608

3 883 009 

140,9

Logged flight hours

hours

113 556

140 742

123,9

Cargo transported

tons

7 934,0

12 404,0

156,3

Mail transported

tons

2 289,1

2 198,0

96,0

Helicopters

Logged flight hours

hours

58 659

74 439

126,9

Passengers transported

persons

446 580

361 682

81,0

Cargo transported

tons

59 863,9

61 172,4

102,2