OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation has been ranked among the top most punctual airlines by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency in June 2015.

UTair – Passenger Airlines President Oleg Semenov said that maintaining high flight punctuality is one of UTair’s top priorities. Reaching great on-time performance has been made possible through the precise and coordinated work of the UTair Operations Unit and the Flight, Technical and Commerce Departments. UTair experts interact with airports and service providers engaged in air passenger transport operations on a daily basis to improve cooperation, timely prevention of potential bottlenecks and emergencies and to better forecast hazardous situations. Any instance of deviation is thoroughly examined and analyzed. UTair maintains full compliance with aviation industry quality standards, reflected in favorable UTair punctuality ratings.

In June this year, only 47 UTair flights were delayed, a mere 0.72% of a total of 6,518 flights for the period.

UTair’s punctuality has been many times recognized both by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency monthly ratings and by Russia's largest airports. In 2010 UTair was named the most punctual airline at Moscow Domodedovo International Airport, in 2012 – at Pulkovo International Airport in Saint-Petersburg, and in 2013 UTair was named the leading airline for punctuality at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel.

UTair Aviation is the core enterprise of UTair Group consisting of companies performing aircraft operations with fixed and rotary wing aircraft as well as enterprises offering MRO, personnel training, flight services and air transportation sales services. The Group includes UTair – Helicopter Services, Turuhan, Vostok Airlines, Helisur, UTair Europe, UTair South Africa, UTair India, TS Technik, UTair-Engineering, Ural Aviation Services, UTG and other enterprises. In 2014 UTair Group fleet transported 11,204,598 passengers to more than 110 destinations, including 50 unique destinations.