OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation OJSC (UTair Aviation) carried 2,417,060 passengers in 2006, up 28.1 percent from 2005. Other indicators also improved significantly. In particular, passenger traffic increased by 23.1 percent.

From January to December 2006, the volume of mail transported by UTair Aviation increased by 38.7 percent, while cargo transportation rose 15.4 percent.

UTair planes flew about 110,000 hours, up 15.3 percent on the year. The company’s helicopters spent nearly 60,000 hours in the air, 10.1 percent more than in 2005.

The volume of cargo transported by UTair helicopters in 2006 increased 5.2 percent to 62,128.2 tonnes.