OREANDA-NEWS. UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) increased its number of transported passengers to 167,378 people in January 2007, which is a 32.9 percent growth compared to the same period of 2006. The company also reported a substantial improvement in other performance indicators. In particular, passenger traffic increased 56.9 percent.

The volume of mail and cargo carried by transport aircraft went up by 52.8 percent and 3.2 times respectively in January 2007 against the same period in 2007.

UTair’s airplanes logged 8,472 flight hours, up 27 percent from the previous year.

The company’s helicopters logged 4,356 flight hours, which is 29.1 percent more than in the respective period in 2006.