OREANDA-NEWS. In the reporting period from January to October 2013, UTair Group aircraft transported a combined total of 8,243,596 passengers, representing an increase of 13.7% over the same period in 2012. Passenger turnover increased by 16.5% over same period in 2012, and growth in the international operations segment reached 43.8%.

For the reporting period passenger load factor grew 4% over the same period last year and reached a total of 78.24%. I n the first ten months of the year, UTair Group delivered 23,461.91 tons of cargo, 2.4% more than for the same period in 2012.

Growth in the volume of flight operations has been driven by the increase in the load factor across the UTair Group route network and by fleet expansion with new modern high capacity aircraft.

UTair Group rotor-wing aircraft logged a total of 138,495 flight hours in the January-October reporting period, delivered 122,687.61 tons of cargo and transported 653,638 passengers.

The UTair Group includes airlines conducting passenger and cargo operations with fixed wing and rotary 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, UTair-Helicopter services, Turuhan Airlines, Vostok Airlines, Katekavia, Helisur, UTair Europe, UTair South Africa, UTair India, UTair-Technik, UTair-Engineering, Ural Aviation Services, UÒair-TG, UTair-Armenia and other enterprises. UTair Group headquarters are situated in Surgut. Subsidiaries are located in Surgut, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansyisk, Moscow and in other cities in Russia and world.