OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation has announced the launch of non-stop flights from Surgut to Sochi, the Russian host city of the XXII Winter Olympics. Flight operations will begin December 6, 2015. The flights will depart from Surgut at 06:30 am and from Sochi at 10:20 am (all times local) every week on Sundays.

‘Direct flights from Surgut to Sochi will allow its citizens to travel in comfort to one of the most popular winter resort locations in our country’, said President of UTair Passenger Airlines Alexey Budnik. ‘The wonderful winter landscape, combined with the unique climate of the region, developed infrastructure and wide choice of ski facilities will certainly please those who like active leisure. Passengers can take part in the I LOVE SOCHI special loyalty program*through UTair to save on travel expenses and gain access to even more leisure benefits for the same price’.

Mr. Budnik also highlighted that all the scheduled UTair flights include a free allowance for individual ski or snowboard equipment in addition to the normal luggage allowance included in the price of a ticket.

Starting December 8, 2015 UTair will also increase the number of flights between Surgut to Krasnodar to two flights weekly. The flights will be operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays with departure from Surgut at 09:50 am, and at 1:50 pm from Krasnodar (all times local).

Throughout the winter/fall season, residents of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Region can take advantage of unique direct UTair flights from Surgut to Baku, Mineralnye Vody and Khudzhand.

UTair Aviation   is the core enterprise of UTair Group. In 2014 the UTair Group fleet transported 11,204,598 passengers, achieving a 7% increase over the previous year. UTair flies to 110 destinations, including 40 unique destinations. UTair Group headquarters are located in Surgut. UTair maintains its main hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, where over 160 UTair flights are scheduled daily. UTair has been an IOSA-compliant airline since 2008. In October   UTair successfully passed another certification audit for compliance with the requirements of the International Standard for Operational Safety.   The International Air Transport Authority has extended the validity of UTair’s certificate to October 12, 2017.