Russia’s Utair saw it traffic grow by 5.8% in 2024

:: Utair

Combined passenger traffic of the privately-run Siberia-based Utair Group grew by 5.8% to 7.08 million in 2024.

Of the total, 6.40 million were jet enplanements, up 5.7% from a year earlier but 17.5% below the pre-crisis 2019 level, when the airline served 7.76 million people.

The number of passengers on international flights increased by 15%. On domestic routes, passenger traffic growth amounted to mere 3%.

15,460 tons of cargo were transported (+5.7% to 2023).

The group, which is also large helicopter operator, registered 675,970 rotorcraft enplanements (+7.4% year-on-year) and 69,510 tons of cargo transported by helicopters last year.

In December, the group’s total passenger traffic amounted to 542,950 passengers, of which 493,920 were carried by fixed-wing aircraft and 49,030 by helicopters.