UTair Express

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UTair Express
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Founded December 2006
Hubs Syktyvkar Airport
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Headquarters Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia
Key people

UTair Express is an airline based in Russia. It is planned by UTair Aviation as a new regional division based on and replacing, its subsidiary Komiinteravia.[1]

[edit] History

Komiinteravia was established in March 1996 and started operations in July 1997 [2]. In 2004 UTair gained control of more than 70% of Komiinteravia.[3]

UTair is planning to set-up a new regional division using its subsidiary Komiinteravia that will operate as UTair Express using Antonov An-24 and ATR 42-300 aircraft. It is planning to replace its Komiinteravia's An-24 fleet with additional ATR 42-300s over the next few years.[1]

UTair Express completed registration in December 2006 and has emerged from the reorganization of Komiinteravia. The airline received a certificate in commercial air transport operations on Antonov An-24 aircraft. As soon as all of the An-24s have been decommissioned according to the airline’s plan, UTair’s air fleet will include up to 20 ATR 42 aircraft. UTair Express also embraces Russia's largest Tupolev Tu-134 maintenance center.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b UTair new regional division. CH-Aviation (2006-09-09). Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 102. 
  3. ^ Russia/CIS Observer October 2004
  4. ^ Komiinteravia reorganized into UTair Express. UTair Aviation News (2006-12-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-03.