OREANDA-NEWS. UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) carried 337,973 passengers in January-February 2007, which is 28.6 percent more than in the first two months of the previous year.

The company’s passenger traffic rose 41.5 percent. In January 2007, the volume of mail carried by transport aircraft grew 78.4 percent, the volume of transported cargo surged 97.1 percent.

UTair’s airplanes logged 16,481 flight hours, up 24.7 percent from a year ago.

The company’s helicopters logged 7,269 flight hours, which is 25.7 percent more than in the same period in 2006.