OREANDA-NEWS. UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) has augmented its stake in the share capital of the Irkutsk region-based Ust Kut Airport Open Joint-Stock Company to 76.66 percent. The airline had earlier purchased an initial share of 51 percent in the airport.

The airport focuses its core activities on airfield operations. The airport is certified to provide maintenance to An-12, An-24, An-26, Il-76 and Yak-40 aircraft.

UTair will utilize Ust Kut Airport as its base airport in Eastern Siberia, and is therefore planning to invest in its infrastructure to bring its operations up to high contemporary standards.

UTair operates five airports, all of them being the airline’s affiliates: Berezovo, Igrim (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Area), Mys Kamenny, Tazovsky (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area), and a federal airport in the city of Noyabrsk.