Utair (Russian:ОАО «Авиакомпания «ЮТэйр») (MCX: UTAR), formerly UTair, is a Russianairline with its head office atKhanty-Mansiysk Airport[4] while its hubs are atFarman Salmanov Surgut Airport andVnukovo International Airport. It operates scheduled domestic and some international passenger services, scheduled helicopter services, and extensive charter flights with fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters in support of the oil and gas industry across westernSiberia. It is banned from flying in the EU.[5]
In February 1967, the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate was set up to meet the transport requirements of the fast-growing oil and gas industry undergoing development inwestern Siberia.[6] In the wake of the break-up of theAeroflot organization,Tyumenaviatrans Aviation (TAT) was formed in 1991 to replace the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate.[7] TAT adopted the name of UTair in 2002.[7] The airline is owned byKhanty Mansiysk District administration (23%),Surgut City administration (19%), Russian shareholders and companies (33%), theRussian Federation (2%), and private foreign investors (20%).
In November 2014, UTair faced financial difficulties and was unable to make a bond payment.[11] In April 2015, UTair announced a fleet reduction of over 50 aircraft due to financial difficulty.[12] It also cancelled its order for 24Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft.[13] A few weeks later, its regional airline subsidiaryUTair Express ceased operations.[14]
In December 2015, it was announced that UTair sold its leisure subsidiaryAzur Air toTurkish tourism company Anex Tourism Group, which had boughtUTair-Ukraine a few weeks earlier.[15] On 31 October 2017, Utair announced itsrebranding and changing its name from "UTair Aviation" to "Utair".[16]
On 8 April 2022, the US Department of Commerce restricted flights on aircraft manufactured in the US forAeroflot,Aviastar,Azur Air,Belavia,Rossiya and Utair due toRussian invasion of Ukraine.[17] On 16 June, the US broadened its restrictions on the six airlines after violations of the sanctions regime were detected. The effect of the restrictions is to ground the US-manufactured part of its fleet.[17]
In 2023, the net profit was 3.4 billion rubles. Revenue was 65.4 billion rubles. (40.8 billion rubles — domestic transportation, and 24 billion rubles — foreign flights).[30]
In 2024, the net profit was 866 million rubles. Revenue was 79.1 billion rubles (49.6 billion rubles — domestic transportation, and 28.8 billion rubles — foreign flights).[30]
On 2 July 2008, a UtairMi-8 helicopter crashed inYamal region, killing 9 and injuring 7 on board.[32]
On 16 January 2010, a UtairBoeing 737-500, registration VQ-BAC, overrun the runway on landing atVnukovo International Airport and was substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapsed.[33]
On 20 December 2011, a UtairMil 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.[34]
On 2 April 2012,UTair Flight 120, anATR 72-200, registration VP-BYZ, crashed approximately 1.4 nautical miles (2.6 km; 1.6 mi) fromRoshchino International Airport serving Tyumen, Western Siberia, on a flight toSurgut International Airport. The aircraft was carrying 39 passengers and 4 crew. To date, 10 survivors with serious injuries and burns have been confirmed.[35]
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 ofLensk Airport nearLensk. The wreckage was found several hours later and three bodies were recovered, with the fourth person 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.[36]
On 4 August 2018, an MI-8 helicopter belonging to Utair crashed about 180 km from the town ofIgarka, inKrasnoyarsk Territory, killing all 18 on board.[37]
On 1 September 2018,Utair Flight 579, a Boeing 737-800, registration VQ-BJI, on a flight fromVnukovo with 164 passengers and 6 crew, overran the runway and caught fire while landing inSochi, injuring 18 people.[38]
On 9 February 2020, Utair Flight 595, a Boeing 737-500 on a domestic flight fromVnukovo International Airport (Moscow), crash-landed atUsinsk Airport, Russia, following a landing gear collapse.[39] All 100 passengers and crew survived the accident.[40]
On 14 June 2024, Utair Flight 9706, an Antonov AN-26, crash-landed during approach atUtrenny Airport in foggy weather. Of the 41 people on board, 3 were injured.[41]
^abcdFederal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation",Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 500
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