UTair Ufa, part of the UTair Group, has won a tender for the performance of complex of air transport operations for passengers and cargo for Bashneft.

UTair Ufa will be the general contractor and organizer of air operations conducted by UTair Group companies: UTair-Helicopter Operations, UTair-Passenger Operations, UTair Express and UTair-Cargo.

Transport operations for Bashneft are expected to require different types of aircraft within the UTair Group fleet, including Mi-8T, Mi-8MTV, Mi-8AMT/Mi-171, AS350, and AS355 helicopters as well as Tu-154, Tu-134 , An-24, An-26, An-74 and other fixed wing aircraft. Transport Operations Will focus on fly-in and fly-out teams and Cargo from Ufa to Usinsk, Naryan-Mar, Varandei and further to the Company’s Oilfield in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Winning the Bashneft tender has confirmed UTair Group’s leading position as a first-ranking contractor with a wide spectrum of air transport services for Russian oil and gas companies.

UTair Group consist of a range of companies Performing Air Transport Operations, Maintenance and Repair of Aircraft and Rotorcraft, Training of Personnel Flight, Flight Services and sales. UTair Aviation is the core enterprise of UTair Group, consisting of UTair Aviation, UTair Express, UTair-Ukraine sro, UTair-Cargo, Turukhan Airlines, Nefteyugansk, Vostok, Helisur, UTair Europe sro, UTair South Africa Ltd and UTair India alongside UTair- Technik and UTair Engineering. UTair Group headquarters are located in Surgut, with subsidiaries in Surgut, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiisk, Moscow and other cities of Russia and around the globe.