OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Airlines has held its monthly air mile raffle among the new members of STATUS frequent flyer program who joined in October 2015.

Since the first monthly raffle took place in July this year, more than 6,500 new members have joined the UTair STATUS program. As the volume of raffle participants has grown rapidly, starting from September UTair has been giving away bundles of 30,000, 20,000 and 10 000 air miles to three winners selected at random. In October the winners were Irina Pavlova, Sergei Dubrov and Irina Popova.

''We congratulate the winners of the raffle and hope that the air miles they won will allow them to make unforgettable journeys to any selected destination within the UTair route network,'' said UTair – Passenger Airlines President Alexey Budnik. Mr Budnik also highlighted that during this Autumn-Winter period UTair performs flights to 110 destinations in Russia and abroad, including 40 unique destinations.

In order to participate in the raffle, passengers need to join STATUS Frequent Flyer Program, one of the leading loyalty programs in the Russian aviation industry with more than 630,000 active members.

The STATUS Frequent Flyer Program is one of the first loyalty programs on the Russian market and is presently one of the largest loyalty programs in the country. The program includes three participation options: STATUS, STATUS-Family and STATUS-Business.

STATUS program membership allows passengers to accumulate bonus miles by flying UTair as well as by using services offered by over 70 program partners, including hotels, restaurants, caf?s, car rentals, taxi services and insurance companies. The accumulated miles can be spent on award tickets, service class upgrades, accommodation at best hotels in largest cities across Russia or a one-of-a-kind full immersion experience in a Mi-8 helicopter simulator.

UTair Aviation is the core enterprise of UTair Group. In 2014 the UTair Group fleet transported 11,204,598 passengers, achieving a 7% increase over the previous year. UTair flies to 110 destinations, including 40 unique destinations. UTair Group headquarters are located in Surgut. UTair maintains its main hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow where over 160 UTair flights are scheduled daily. UTair has been an IOSA-compliant airline since 2008. In October UTair successfully passed another certification audit for compliance with the requirements of the International Standard for Operational Safety. The International Air Transport Authority has extended the validity of UTair’s certificate to October 12, 2017