OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation has launched charter flight operations for the 2014 - 2015 Autumn-Winter season commissioned by the ANEX Tour travel agency. The updated schedule includes 84 destinations 30% more than of the number of charter routes compared to last year. Such a large-scale flight program shows the sustainable development of cooperation between the two companies.

In the framework of the strategy for restructuring of key UTair businesses divisions in 2015, Katekavia Airline, part of the UTair Group, will perform a portion of the flights in the charter program for ANEX Tour.

“UTair's extensive experience in charter flight operations guarantees our passengers reliability and quality of service,” said UTair-Passenger Airlines President Oleg Semenov.

“UTair Aviation is a reliable long term partner,” said ANEX Tour Air Travel Department Director Taner Kara. “Our cooperation with UTair in the sphere of air transport corresponds to our overall strategy of cooperation. Together we have chosen the most optimal business solutions to meet current market trends.”

UTair Aviation ranks among the top three Russian airlines. In 2013 UTair Aviation aircraft transported 9,625,295 passengers and the combined UTair Group fleet transported 10,413,803 passengers. UTair Aviation operates more than 150 fixed wing aircraft and performs flights to 117 destinations in Russia and abroad. The airline maintains its central hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, from which it performs more than 100 flights daily.

ANEX Tour is an international multi-service tour operator working on the Russian market since 1998. The company offers a range of 14 mass travel destinations with a route network of 36 Russian cities. The ANEX brand is also known on the markets in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. ANEX Tour serves more than 1.6 million tourists per year. UTair is the ANEX Tour's key airline partner.