Khanty-Mansiysk – UTair Aviation (UTair Aviation, JSC) and American company Continental Airlines Inc. have signed a contract on supplying ATR aircraft to the Russian carrier.
At the first stage – by June this year – two ATR-42-320 aircraft will be delivered to UTair Aviation.

According to the airline’s director Andrey Martirosov, UTair is interested in using approximately 15 aircraft of this type in the future. ATR-42 aircrafts will be used in regional transportation in accordance with the company’s route network. At present, UTair is using thirty An-24 and Yak-40 aircraft on these lines.

UTair-Technic – the airline’s recently created subsidiary – will render technical maintenance of the new aircraft.

ATR-42-320 is a turboprop passenger aircraft used on regional routes. It was developed by French-Italian consortium ATR, which is part of European aerospace corporation EADS.

The passenger cabin is equipped with seats of enhanced comfort. Each seat is equipped with an individual reading light and ventilation, as well as oxygen devices. The aircraft has two spacious baggage compartments in the front and rear parts of the fuselage. It meets all modern world requirements for flight safety and can fly not only in Russia but also in Europe and America.