OREANDA-NEWS  On 15 December was announced, that the presentation of UTair Aviation, which become traditional in the USA, was conducted in New York in the building of Russian Federation Mission under U.N.O (United Nations Organization). The managing director of the company Andrei Martirosov presented the results of UTair Aviation activities during the year of 2007 to the international diplomatic and business community.

Vitally Churkin, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russian Federation, Constant Representative of Russia in U.N.O., made a greeting speech. “Today, we are proud of the fact that Russian air company is the biggest supplier of air services for peacemaking missions of U.N.O. Transportation support of Utair Aviation is an important constituent of the infrastructure and air logistics of U.N.O.”, he mentioned.

More than 50 helicopters of the air company are involved in the peacemaking missions of U.N.O. in Tchad, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Soudan, Kongo, Afghanistan and Nepal. The company annually sends over 1500 specialist for their maintenance. The volume of UTair Aviation international contracts in 2008 exceeded 200 million US dollars.