OREANDA-NEWS. In the January-September 2013 reporting period UTair Group transported a total of 7,436,752 passengers, a 13.5% increase over the same period in 2012. Passenger turnover came to 14,223,453,020 PKM, representing a 16.1% increase over the same period in 2012. Passenger turnover on international flights increased 43.1%.

Passenger load factor increased 4.5% for the reporting period, reaching a total of 79.15%. In the first nine months of 2013, UTair Group aircraft delivered 20,858.01 tons of cargo, 3.7 % more than for the same period in 2012.

The growth in transportation volume during the reporting period is supported by the increased overall efficiency of the UTair route network and the expansion of the airline's fleet through the addition of new, high capacity planes.

UTair Group helicopters logged a total of 123,821 flight hours in the January-September 2013 period. For the reporting period UTair Group helicopters delivered 110,81.45 tons of cargo and transported 595,325 passengers.

The UTair Group includes airlines conducting passenger and cargo operations with fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft as well as enterprises offering MRO, personnel training, flight services and air transportation sales services. UTair Aviation is the Group's core enterprise and includes UTair-Express, UTair-Ukraine, UTair-Cargo, Turukhan, JSC Nefteyuganskiy, Vostok, Helisur, UTair Europe, UTair South Africa and UTair India as well as UTair-Technichs, UTair-Engineering and other enterprises. UTair Group headquarters are situated in Surgut. Subsidiaries are located in Sugut, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansyisk, Moscow and other cities in Russia and throughout the world.