OREANDA-NEWS. April 8, 2011. UTair Aviation has again won several awards for its activities in 2010 at Russia's most prestigious aviation awards ceremony – the Wings of Russia aviation awards.

The presiding committee for the awards, including more than 100 independent authoritative experts representing the Russian aviation industry from government agencies and civil aviation organizations, veterans of civil aviation and industry journalists chose UTair as the Domestic Passenger Airline of the Year for category I airlines with a passenger turnover of more than 3 billion PKM and also Best Helicopter Carrier in 2010.

Moreover, UTair subsidiary UTair-Express was chosen by panelists as Domestic Passenger Airline of the Year for category III airlines with a passenger turnover from 500 million to 1 billion PKM.

The round acknowledgement of UTair performance across so many categories is a result of the UTair Group's internationally compatible corporate business model which has supported UTair's ability to achieve financial growth, impeccable service quality and commendably high level of flight safety.

For more than 13 years the Wings of Russia Awards have stood as the only recognized independent industry award in the sphere of Russian civil aviation, distinguishing the development of Russian airlines, objectively showing the realities and trends on the Russian air transportation market. UTair has been a recurring laureate of the Wings of Russia Awards since 1997.