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| Founded | 1943; 82 years ago (1943) (as part ofAeroflot) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1993 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Wings | ||||||
| Fleet size | 51 | ||||||
| Destinations | 52[1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yekaterinburg,Sverdlovsk Oblast,Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Kirill Skuratov (General Director) | ||||||
| Website | uralairlines.ru | ||||||
Ural Airlines (Russian:Ура́льские авиали́нии,Ural’skiye avialinii) is anairline based inYekaterinburg,Sverdlovsk Oblast,Russia,[2] that operates scheduled and chartered domestic and international flights out ofKoltsovo International Airport. In 2018, the company transported nine million passengers.
The airline was founded in 1943 asSverdlovsk State Air Enterprises, and later became part ofAeroflot, theSoviet state airline, being in charge ofYekaterinburg Airport. Following thesplit-up of Aeroflot, Ural Airlines became ajoint stock company incorporated under the laws of theRussian Federation on 28 December 1993, and the airline business was separated from the airport.
In 2010, Ural Airlines retired all of itsAntonov An-24s,Ilyushin Il-86s andTupolev Tu-154B-2s.[3] The airline'sTupolev Tu-154M, in 164-seat two-class configuration, was retired on October 16, 2011.[4]
Ural Airlines has 3348 employees.[5]
As of 2012, the airline also planned to buy a training complex for theAirbus A330-300.[6]
In 2017,Skytrax gave Ural Airlines three stars, which made it the fourth airline with three stars in Russia and CIS afterS7 Airlines,Uzbekistan Airlines andAir Moldova.[7]
Currently, the main hubs of Ural Airlines areMoscow-Domodedovo andYekaterinburg. Ural Airlines has plans to increase its number of hubs, by developing hubs atMoscow-Sheremetyevo andMoscow-Zhukovsky.[8]
In 2020, flights commenced toRussian-controlledCrimea.
In 2022, Ural Airlines was added to theEuropean Union's sanctions list for transporting military personnel during theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
A million passengers per year was first achieved in 2006. Since then, the airline and its passenger numbers have both grown. In 2013, the airline transported 4.419 million passengers, the sixth most in Russia that year.[10]
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 9.001 million[11] (+13%) |
| 2017 | 8.000 million[12] (+24%) |
| 2016 | 6.467 million[13] (+19%) |
| 2015 | 5.445 million[14] (+6%) |
| 2014 | 5.161 million[15] (+17%) |
| 2013 | 4.419 million[10] (+25%) |
| 2012 | 3.525 million[16] (+40%) |
| 2011 | 2.513 million[17] (+40%) |
| 2010 | 1.792 million[17] (+12%) |
| 2009 | 1.497 million[14] (+3%) |
| 2008 | 1.450 million[14] (+19%) |
| 2007 | 1.217 million[14] (+20%) |
| 2006 | 1.011 million[14] (+11%) |
| 2005 | 0.909 million[14] |
| Year | Revenue | Net profit |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ₽143,4 billion (+29.2%)[18] | |
| 2023 | ₽110,9 billion (+24.2%)[18] | ₽17,1 billion (+26.9%)[19] |
| 2022 | ₽89,3 billion[19] | ₽13,4 billion[19] |
| 2015 | ₽43,843 million (+19%) | ₽285 million (-49%) |
| 2014 | ₽36,666 million (+25%) | ₽559 million (+171%) |
| 2013 | ₽29,199 million (+26%) | ₽206 million (+42%) |
| 2012 | ₽23,102 million (+33%) | ₽145 million (+1%) |
| 2011 | ₽17,329 million (+32%) | ₽143 million (+376%) |
| 2010 | ₽13,061 million (+23%) | ₽30 million (+101%) |
| 2009 | ₽10,573 million (-8%) | ₽-758 million (-346%) |
| 2008 | ₽11,528 million (+59%) | ₽307 million (+103%) |
| 2007 | ₽7,240 million (+16%) | ₽-138 million (-611%) |
| 2006 | ₽6,241 million | ₽27 million |
As of November 2023, the airline serves 11 countries on 138 routes.[1][20]
Ural Airlines hascodeshare agreements with the following airlines:[21]
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As of August 2025[update], Ural Airlines operates the following aircraft:[24]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| B | E | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 8 | 132 | 140 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 22 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | |
| 150 | 162 | |||||
| Airbus A320neo | 3 | — | 8 | 168 | 176 | [25][26] |
| Airbus A321-200 | 14 | — | — | 215 | 215 | |
| 220 | 220 | |||||
| Airbus A321neo | 8 | — | — | 236 | 236 | |
| Total | 51 | — | ||||
Ural Airlines also started considering updating its fleet with newerAirbus A320neo family orBoeing 737 Next Generation and is still considering purchasingAirbus A330.[citation needed] It took delivery of its firstAirbus A320neo in August 2019.[27] The airline also considered purchasingIrkut MC-21s, but the plans were probably withdrawn.[28] In 2022Air Lease Corporation are seeking to recover one A320neo and one A321ceo, as the lease payments are not being made.[citation needed] In December 2023 an agreement was reached with leasing company AerCap to buy 19 Airbus planes, with help from theRussian National Wealth Fund.[29]
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| Aircraft | Total | Year introduced | Year retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-12 | 2 | 1992 | 1998 | Accepted fromAeroflot's break up. |
| Antonov An-24 | 2 | 1992 | 2006 | Retired from the re-branding of the airline. |
| Ilyushin Il-86 | 4 | Unknown | 2010 | One was leased fromSiberia Airlines. It was the only wide-body aircraft in the airline's fleet. |
| Tupolev Tu-154B | 3 | Unknown | 2006 | Retired from the re-branding of the airline. |
| Tupolev Tu-154M | 5 | Unknown | 2011[4] | The last Soviet-built aircraft. |
In August 2023, a scandal broke out when wider public learned that one of the airline employees of Tatar ethnicity was for several years extorting money from passengers. The employee had used various excuses, particularly that passengers had to pay extra for luggage that was nevertheless undersize and underweight. He did not commit the fraud only against passengers from Tatarstan and North Caucasus regions as he had stated on his social media accounts.[34]
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