OREANDA-NEWS. June 19, 2007.  The government of the Kursk region and UTair (UTair Aviation, JSC) entered into an economic cooperation agreement.

The agreement signed by Governor Alexander Mikhaylov and UTair’s First Deputy General Director Vasily Lebedinsky makes provisions for long-term air cooperation. Specifically, it sets forth that the Kursk-based airport will be open for scheduled, charter, tour and connecting flights.

The agreement was signed at the town Svoboda in the Kursk region during the 7th Interregional Kursk Korennaya Fair which invited some 800 Russian and foreign companies.

UTair has been cooperating with the Kursk regional government since 2004 offering the region’s inhabitants convenient connecting flights to dozens of Russian and foreign cities via the Vkukovo airport at special through fares.