OREANDA-NEWS. December 5, 2012. UTair Aviation has raised the class of aircraft on several domestic routes connecting Vnukovo International Airport with major regional centers across Russia.

UTair has introduced Boeing 737-800 aircraft with enhanced Sky Interior cabin design on its routes to Nizhnevartovsk and Ufa. The airline will operate wide-body Boeing 767-200 aircraft with its spacious cabin with two aisles on flights to Irkutsk and Mineralnye Vody. Flights to Barnaul will be performed with Boeing 737-800 with a single-class configuration.

Comfortable Boeing 737-800 aircraft equipped with the Sky Interior are already operated on UTair flights from Vnukovo International Airport to Krasnoyarsk, Noyabrsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Samara and Krasnodar. Boeing 767-200 aircraft used in flight operations for Moscow – Surgut and Moscow – Tyumen routes.

The renewal of the UTair fleet has facilitated a consistent increase in the quality of services and flight comfort. In 2013 the airline will receive new Boeing 737 NG and Airbus A321 fixed-wing aircraft to enhance its fleet.

UTair Aviation ranks among the top three Russian airlines. In 2011 UTair aircraft transported 6,750,425 passengers. In the period from January-October 2012 UTair Group serviced 31.4% more passengers than for the same period of 2011. In 2012 the airline expects an increased transport volume of up to 10 million passengers. The airline operates more than 200 fixed wing aircraft and performs flights to 110 destinations in Russia and aboard. The airline maintains its central hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, from which it performs 100 flights daily.