Khanty-Mansiysk – UTair Aviation (UTair Aviation, JSC) increased its passenger traffic by 12.33 percent to 1,963,942,000 passenger-kilometers in the first nine months of 2004 compared to the corresponding period of 2003.

In January to September 2004, basic parameters of activities of the airline continued growing. In particular, passenger transportation by UTair’s planes surged 10 percent to 1,114,761 people in the reported period.

The airline’s planes flew 57,624 hours in this period, which was 15.3 percent higher than in the first nine months of 2003.

Helicopters of the airline flew 33,337 hours in January to September 2004. The flight time of heavy helicopters increased considerably amid a 2-percent drop in total flight time.