OREANDA-NEWS. November 27, 2012. UTair Aviation conforms that the Russian Ministry of Transportation has renewed the airline’s licenses for transporting passengers and cargo.

The licenses has been re-issued in accordance with provisions contained in Russian Federal Law on Licensing of Certain Types of Activities which came into force on May 4, 2011 as a component of the Russian Federal legislation “On licensing air transportation of passengers and cargo” issued on May 5, 2012.

UTair licenses for transporting passengers (№PP 0001) and cargo (№PG 0002) were issued on November 8, 2012.

According to the new rules in the revised legislation, licenses formerly subject to periodic renewal are now being issued with no fixed terms and secure rights for the performance of certain types of operations and services. Previous licenses, issued for the airline in 2007, expire on November 13, 2012.

UTair Aviation ranks among the top three Russian airlines. In 2011 UTair aircraft transported 6,750,425 passengers. In the period from January-June 2012 UTair Group serviced 40.9% more passengers than for the same period of 2011. In 2012 the airline expects an increased transport volume of up to 10 million passengers. The airline operates more than 200 fixed wing aircraft and performs flights to 110 destinations in Russia and aboard. The airline maintains its central hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, from which it performs 100 flights daily.