UTair Aviation

JSC "UTair Aviation"
ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр»

IATA ICAO Callsign UT[1] UTA[2] UTAIR[1]
Founded	1967
Hubs	Khanty-Mansiysk Airport Surgut Airport Syktyvkar Airport Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow-Domodedovo Tyumen-Roshchino Airport Noyabrsk Airport[1]
Frequent-flyer program	STATUS
Subsidiaries	Azur Air UTair-Cargo UTair-Express UTair-Ukraine Vostok Airlines Turuhan Airlines
Fleet size	65
Company slogan	Cosy Sky Russian: Уютное небо
Headquarters	Khanty Mansiysk, Russia
Key people	Andrei Martirosov, MD[1] Igor Petrov, CFO
Website	utair.ru

UTair Aviation (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр») (MCX: UTAR) is an airline with its head office at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport in Russia.^[3] It operates scheduled domestic and some international passenger services, scheduled helicopter services (e.g. from Surgut) plus extensive charter flights with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in support of the oil and gas industry across Western Siberia. UTair is also involved with relief operations for the United Nations. Its main base is at Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen Oblast, Russia located 13 km west of the city of Tyumen.

History

In February 1967, the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate was set up in order to meet the transport requirements of the fast-growing oil and gas industry undergoing development in Tyumenaviatrans Aviation (TAT) was formed in 1991 to replace the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate. TAT adopted the name of UTair in early 2003. The airline is owned by Khanty Mansiysk District administration (23%), Surgut City administration (19%), Russian shareholders and companies (33%), the Russian Federation (2%), and private foreign investors (20%).

In October 2010, UTair announced plans to replace its Tupolev Tu-134 fleet with the Sukhoi Superjet 100.^[4] In December, UTair officially placed an order for 24 of the jets to enter service in 2013.^[5] During 2015 UTair plans to reduce own fleet up to 40% ^[6] Also in 2010, the airline named a Tu-154 aircraft after Boris Evdokimovich Sherbina, a Tyumen figure.^[7]

In November 2014, UTair faced financial difficulties and was unable to make a bond payment.^[8] In April 2015, UTair announced it was to severely cut down their fleet by 44 aircraft due to their ongoing financial struggle.^[9] It also cancelled its order for 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.^[10]

Members of the UTair Group

UTair Aviation has significant stakeholdings in the following companies:^[11]

Destinations

A UTair Aviation Boeing 737-500 departing Boryspil International Airport, Kiev (Ukraine), (2010)

Codeshare agreements

Utair Aviation has codeshare agreements with the following airlines (as of July 2014):

• S7 Airlines (Oneworld)
• Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance)

Fleet

The UTair Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2015):^{[1][14][15][16][17][18]}

Aircraft fleet

A UTair Aviation ATR 42 landing at Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. (2008)

A UTair Aviation Boeing 737-500 departs Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. (2009)

A UTair Aviation Tupolev Tu-134 landing at Kurumoch International Airport, Samara, Russia. (2009)

Sukhoi SuperJet 100 on display at 2014 Farnborough Air Show

Included in the fleet figures above are aircraft operated by the UTair Aviation subsidiaries UTair Express and UTair Ukraine.

Accidents and incidents

• On 17 March 2007, UTair Flight 471, a Tupolev Tu-134, crash-landed at Samara, killing 7 people and injuring 26.

• On 2 July 2008, a UTair Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Yamal region, killing 9 and injuring 7 on board.^[25]

• On 16 January 2010, a UTair Boeing 737-500, registration VQ-BAC, overrun the runway on landing at Vnukovo International Airport and was substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapsed.^[26]

• On 20 December 2011, a UTair Mil Mi-26T helicopter crashed in an oilfield in Western Siberia; one person was killed. UTair grounded all its Mil Mi-26T helicopters following this incident.^[27]

• On 2 April 2012, UTair Flight 120, an ATR 72-200, registration VP-BYZ, crashed approximately 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) from Roshchino International Airport serving Tyumen, Western Siberia, on a flight to Surgut International Airport. The aircraft was carrying 39 passengers and 4 crew. To date, 10 survivors with serious injuries and burns have been confirmed.^[28][29]

• On 4 July 2012, a helicopter operated by UTair for an oil and gas company crashed in a remote area about 4 kilometers from the runway of Lensk Airport near Lensk. The wreckage was found several hours later and three bodies were recovered, with the fourth person also presumed killed. The cause was not immediately known, but UTair grounded all aircraft at Lensk Airport pending an investigation into the quality of fuel supply at the airport.^[30]

• On 10 August 2012, UTair flight 5212 made an emergency landing at Simferopol airport after a tire burst.

• On 18 May 2013, UTair flight 350 a 737-400 (VQ-BHZ) left main landing gear tires caught fire upon landing at the Vnukovo airport in Moscow. The plane had just arrived from the city of Stavropol carrying 140 passengers. No injuries were reported.

References

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (Russian) UTair Aviation official website
• (English) UTair Aviation official website