UTair
A privately-owned airline’s traffic now stands at 84% of 2019 levels [...]
Russia’s Utair selected StandardAero to provide PW127M overhaul support
The MRO services are in support of carrier’s ATR 72 fleet [...]
Russian airlines’ May traffic improves 28 per cent on April
S7 Airlines is still leading the market [...]
Utair suggests a new debt restructuring plan
The debt-stricken Russian airline is asking creditors to partially write off debts and extend grace periods [...]
As Utair’s passenger numbers collapse 10-fold, the Russian airline is moving into cargo
After the grounding of half of its fleet, the carrier’s daily flights schedule has been reduced five-fold [...]
Utair wins UN contract for the deployment of Irish forces to Syria
The contract may increase the chances of survival for the Russian airline in the ongoing air travel market crisis [...]
VTB Leasing grants lease payments holiday to another Russian airline
Russia’s state-owned lessor has agreed a bailout deferment plan with Utair [...]
Russia’s Utair comes up with a new five-year recovery strategy
The financially troubled airline expects to rejuvenate its business model with a radical fleet-renewal programme and by concentrating on medium-haul markets [...]
Insight: A round up of Russian airlines’ passenger traffic performances in 2019
Passenger numbers, trends, RPKs and seat load factors for last year’s top-20 [...]
Russia’s Utair 2019 results show a slight improvement
Despite some passenger traffic growth the airline has lost its top-five ranking [...]
For the first time Russia’s Utair sends a wide-body jet to Uzbekistan for maintenance
Uzbekistan Airways Technics to perform a C-check on one of the Russian airline’s Boeing 767s [...]
Utair acquires more B737NGs while waiting for its delayed B737 MAXs
The Russian airline has signed a contract for two Boeing 737-800s and is negotiating for a further two [...]
Russia’s Utair navigates around bankruptcy – for now
The debt-ridden Russian major has won support from country’s largest bank as it posts US$15.5 million of net income [...]
Russia’s Utair to retire another seven Boeing 737 Classics this year
The Siberian carrier phases out a total of 17 of its older aircraft, whilst bringing in only three newer ones [...]
INSIGHT: Russian air transport industry – integration and differentiation
Russian airlines in search of efficient strategies to stand up to the might of the state-backed Aeroflot Group [...]
Russia’s Utair improves its financial performance
The financially troubled airline experienced a 34% reduction of its net loss in the first half of 2019 [...]
Russia’s Utair may have found a way out of its debt trap
To pay its creditors the airline may sell off some of its non-operational assets [...]
Russia’s troubled Utair comes up with a new 35-year debt-restructuring plan
Shares in the carrier’s lucrative Surgut airport and helicopter businesses are being offered as security [...]
Russia’s Utair suffered a 4.4 billion roubles loss in 2018
Financially stricken airline hit by soaring fuel prices and a shortage of pilots [...]
Utair Airlines implores creditors to write off 40 per cent of its debts
Major Russian airline’s outstanding obligations have now reached US$1.15 billion [...]
Russia’s Utair trades passenger numbers for greater efficiency
One of the country’s key airlines lost 11 per cent of its traffic in February [...]
Moscow’s Vnukovo demonstrated 11.6% traffic growth in January
LCC Pobeda is now the largest carrier at Russia’s third busiest airport [...]
Russia’s Utair to present a new financial model this month
Managers at the financially stricken carrier are buoyed by current traffic trends [...]
Financially stricken Utair stands by its fleet expansion strategy
Siberian airline remains in dire straits as it plans a further restructuring [...]
Russia’s Utair flew close to eight million passengers last year
Despite financial woes, the airline increased its passenger numbers by 8.7% in 2018 – and plans double-digit growth for this year [...]
Russian state banks may opt for Utair for their regional carrier project
The struggling top-five airline has large debts, primarily with Sberbank [...]
Utair launches a regional mini-hub at Ufa
Russia’s fifth largest passenger airline is keen to develop regional transfer traffic flows [...]
Aviation authorities scrutinise debt restructuring at Russia’s Utair
Rosaviatsiya has also instructed the airline to review its flight safety management practices [...]
Russia’s Utair adopts a cautious approach with its fleet expansion plans
Financial losses are projected for the airline this year, although its traffic is expected to grow to 7.9 million passengers [...]
Russia’s Utair suffers 1.9 billion rouble loss so far in 2018
The airline’s outstanding obligations now exceed 96 billion roubles [...]
Russia’s Utair doubles its losses in the first half of 2018
Decline in the passenger segment increases carrier’s financial woes by 20.2 per cent [...]
Russia’s Utair outlines its B737MAX-8 delivery schedule
Three B737MAX-8s and two B737-800s are to join the airline’s fleet next year [...]
Utair Airlines offers five airframes for sale
For US$300,000 each, the aircraft are to be sold without engines and APUs [...]
Russia’s airlines see 9.4 per cent traffic growth in June
Rossiya Airlines regains its second largest carrier status, after slight growth [...]
Russian airlines’ passenger traffic returns to single-digit growth
Growth of passenger numbers is lowest since start of the year [...]
RusLine becomes a feeder carrier for UTair
The two Russian airlines sign an interline marriage making RusLine a feeder carrier for its larger partner [...]
Contrasting first quarter results for Russia’s top-five airlines
UTair's traffic declined by 7.7 per cent in April, while that of Pobeda Airlines’ climbed by 58 per cent [...]
Russia’s UTair unveiled as customer for 30 Boeing 737MAXs
... as Russia’s major airlines continue to pin their faith on western-built aircraft [...]
Russia’s UTair completes Mil Mi-8AMT deliveries
Russian Helicopters delivered two final Mi-8AMTs completing an UTair order placed last June [...]
Russia’s UTair wet-leases Superjet 100
Two aircraft operated by IrAero will serve regional destinations from Moscow [...]
Russia’s airlines enjoy 11.7 per cent traffic growth in March
Carriers collectively transported 7.8 million passengers in the month [...]
UTair Airlines signs for two Boeing 737MAXs
These aircraft for Russian carrier will be leased through Air Lease Corporation [...]
Defunct Russian airline revealed as original customer for 42 factory-new narrowbodies
The airliners are now expected to be distributed among other willing customers across the country [...]
INSIGHT: Russian air transport on a flight path to stability?
The country's market remains volatile, and its growth cycles are far from logical [...]
UTair to slow down fleet repaint program
It expects to have only six more aircraft with the new livery this year [...]
Russia’s UTair signs new components repair contract
The agreement covers reliability engineering to help improve on-wing component performance [...]
Russia’s UTair announces new strategy, fleet expansion plans
The country’s fifth largest carrier by passenger traffic expects to receive $1 billion in passenger revenues this year [...]
Top 20 Russian carriers by traffic announced for 2017
Russian airlines transported 105 million passengers last year, or 18.6% up on 2016 [...]
UTair projects 12% traffic growth in 2018
The carrier aims to transport 8.2 million passengers next year, up 12% on 2017 [...]
UTair sees its net profit shrink by over 50%
The carrier saw its revenue decrease 2.5% in January through June [...]