UTair Group Passenger Operations Achieve 13.7% Growth, Passenger Load Factor Grows by 4% for First 10 Months of 2013

In the reporting period from January to October 2013, UTair Group aircraft transported a combined total of 8,243,596 passengers, representing an increase of 13.7% over the same period in 2012. Passenger turnover increased by 16.5% over same period in 2012, and growth in the international operations segment reached 43.8%.

For the reporting period passenger load factor grew 4% over the same period last year and reached a total of 78.24%. I n the first ten months of the year, UTair Group delivered 23,461.91 tons of cargo, 2.4% more than for the same period in 2012.

Growth in the volume of flight operations has been driven by the increase in the load factor across the UTair Group route network and by fleet expansion with new modern high capacity aircraft.

UTair Group rotor-wing aircraft logged a total of 138,495 flight hours in the January-October reporting period, delivered 122,687.61 tons of cargo and transported 653,638 passengers.