OREANDA-NEWS. August 11, 2011. Continuing to develop its international route network, UTair Aviation has announced its new daily flight connecting Moscow and the Belarusian capital Minsk starting September 1, 2011.

Service will be performed with comfortable new European ATR 72 aircraft delivered to the UTair fleet this summer. Departures from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow will be at 12:30 pm. Departures from Minsk International Airport are scheduled for 14:20 pm, all times local.

A smart timetable and convenient connections to other flights at Vnukovo Airport provide passengers with access to Minsk not only from Moscow, but from other cities in the UTair route network including Surgut, Tyumen, Samara, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Rostov, Krasnodar, Nizhnevartovsk and Ufa. UTair's convenient through-fare system allows passengers with connecting flights to save time as well as money.

Existing UTair special offers and programs will be applicable on the route. UTair's year round program for Veterans of the Great Patriotic War offers complimentary round trip airfare once a year to eligible veterans and discounted airfare for those accompanying them. Passengers participating in UTair’s STATUS frequent flyer program are eligible for all the benefits offered within the program, including complimentary airfare in exchange for flight-miles posted for every flight, and for other applicable benefits.