OREANDA-NEWS. Following the results of 2013, the airline has become one of Russia's Top Three airlines in the following nominations: Airline of the Year - Passenger Carrier on Scheduled International Air Lines, Airline of the Year - Leader in E-Commerce, and, for the first time in its history, Airline of the Year - Passenger Carrier on Domestic Air Lines in Group 1. Furthermore, thanks to the airline's new engineering & technical aircraft shed facility construction project, Ural Airlines has become the winner in the nomination Business Project in Russian Civil Aviation.

Our reminder: Wings Of Russia Award was established in 1997 by the Russian Air Transport Operators Association and the Air Transport Review trade journal, and for more than 10 years now has been the only recognized award in the industry to celebrate the success of national airlines serving the cause of developing the country's civil aviation. Laureates and diploma holders are determined by secret ballot vote of the Public Council members, which includes 100+ independent air transport experts: representatives of the authorities, public organizations in the industry, civil aviation veterans, and journalists. Back in the first year of the contest, Ural Airlines has become a winner even then. In 1997, the carrier won Wings Of RussiaNational Professional Award in the nomination The Most Efficient Company of the Year. Throughout the years that Wings Of Russia has existed, Ural Airlines has become a winner several times.