Ural Airlines

Ural Airlines (Russian: Ура́льские авиали́нии, Ural’skiye avialinii) is an airline based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia,[1] that operates scheduled and chartered domestic and international flights out of Koltsovo International Airport. In 2018, the company transported nine million passengers.

Ural Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
U6 SVR SVERDLOVSK AIR
Founded1943 (1943) (as part of Aeroflot)
Commenced operations1993
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programTravelling Club "Wings"
Fleet size52
Destinations101
HeadquartersYekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Key peopleSergei Skuratov (General Director)
Websiteuralairlines.ru

Overview

The airline was founded in 1943 as Sverdlovsk State Air Enterprises, and later became part of Aeroflot, the Soviet state airline, being in charge of Yekaterinburg Airport. Following the split-up of Aeroflot, Ural Airlines became a joint stock company incorporated under the laws of the Russian Federation on 28 December 1993, and the airline business was separated from the airport.

In 2010, Ural Airlines retired all of its Antonov An-24s, Ilyushin Il-86s and Tupolev Tu-154B-2s.[2] The airline's Tupolev Tu-154M, in 164-seat two-class configuration, was retired on October 16, 2011.[3]

Ural Airlines has 3348 employees.[4]

As of 2012, the airline also planned to buy a training complex for the Airbus A330-300.[5]

In 2017, Skytrax gave Ural Airlines 3 stars, which made it the fourth airline with three stars in Russia and CIS after S7 Airlines, Uzbekistan Airlines and Air Moldova.[6]

Currently, the main hubs of Ural Airlines are Moscow-Domodedovo and Yekaterinburg. Ural Airlines has plans to increase its number of hubs, by developing hubs at Moscow-Sheremetyevo and Moscow-Zhukovsky.[7]

In 2020, flights commenced to Russian-controlled Crimea.

Corporate affairs

A former Ural Airlines Antonov An-12, the airline's first aircraft type after their independence from Aeroflot
A former Ural Airlines Tupolev Tu-154B-2
A meal aboard Ural Airlines

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.[8]

Passengers transported
Year Amount
2018 9.001 million[9] (+13%)
2017 8.000 million[10] (+24%)
2016 6.467 million[11] (+19%)
2015 5.445 million[12] (+6%)
2014 5.161 million[13] (+17%)
2013 4.419 million[8] (+25%)
2012 3.525 million[14] (+40%)
2011 2.513 million[15] (+40%)
2010 1.792 million[15] (+12%)
2009 1.497 million[12] (+3%)
2008 1.450 million[12] (+19%)
2007 1.217 million[12] (+20%)
2006 1.011 million[12] (+11%)
2005 0.909 million[12]
Financial performance[12]
Year Revenue Net Profit
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

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

Ural Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[16]

Fleet

Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200
Ural Airlines Airbus A321neo

Current fleet

As of July 2022, the Ural Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[21][22]

Ural Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
B E Total
Airbus A319-100 4 8 132 140
Airbus A320-200 23 12 144 156 1 Incident in september 12/2023 no fatalities[23]
150 162
Airbus A320neo 3 8 168 176 [24][25]
Airbus A321-200 14 215 215 1 emergency landing crash in 2019 no fatalities
220 220
Airbus A321neo 8 236 236
Total 52

Ural Airlines also started considering updating its fleet with newer Airbus A320neo family or Boeing 737 Next Generation and is still considering purchasing Airbus A330. It took delivery of its first Airbus A320neo in August 2019.[26] The airline also considered purchasing Irkut MC-21s, but the plans were probably withdrawn.[27]

Retired fleet

Ural Airlines Retired fleet
Aircraft Total Year Introduced Year Retired Notes
Antonov An-12 2 1992 1998 Accepted from Aeroflot'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 from Siberia 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[3] The last Soviet-built aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

Passenger discrimination

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 discriminate only against passengers from Tatarstan and North Caucus regions as he himself boasted on his social networks accounts.[32]

See also

References

  1. Home page. Ural Airlines. Retrieved on 18 July 2010. "Address: Utrenniy 1g, Ekaterinburg Russia, 620025, SITA SVXTOU6" Russian address: Home page. "Адрес: 620025, Россия, Екатеринбург, пер. Утренний, 1г"
  2. "Ural Airlines Fleet Expansion Information". Ch-aviation.ch. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
  3. "Уральские авиалинии" вывели из эксплуатации все имеющиеся в компании четыре Ту-154М и намерены продать их [Ural Airlines retired all four Tu-154Ms in the company and intends to sell them] (in Russian). AviaPORT. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. "Ural Airlines passes eight-millionth-passenger mark in 2017". Russian Aviation Insider. 30 January 2018.
  5. Авиакомпания "Уральские авиалинии" выбирает второй тренажер для подготовки пилотов [Ural Airlines selects a second simulator for training pilots]. ato.ru (in Russian). 5 June 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. "Ural Airlines". Skytrax.
  7. «Уральские авиалинии» хотят перевезти больше пассажиров [Ural Airlines wants to carry more passengers]. ato.ru. 20 April 2018.
  8. Перевозки пассажиров | Росавиация Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Новости компании: "Уральские авиалинии" подвели итоги юбилейного 2018 года – авиакомпания "Уральские авиалинии"". www.uralairlines.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  10. ""Уральские авиалинии" в 2017 году перевезли более восьми миллионов пассажиров – авиакомпания "Уральские авиалинии"". www.uralairlines.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  11. Insider, Russian Aviation (2017-04-13). "Ural Airlines traffic grows 22% in March - Russian aviation news". Russian Aviation Insider. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  12. "Ural Airlines - Russian aviation news". Russian Aviation Insider. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  13. "Пассажиропоток "Уральских авиалиний" в 2014 году составил более 5 млн человек". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  14. Пассажиропоток «Уральских авиалиний» за год вырос на 40% Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Росавиация, Основные показатели работы гражданской авиации России за январь-декабрь 2010—2011 годы Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Profile on Ural Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  17. ""Уральские авиалинии" будут выполнять рейсы из Москвы в Челябинск совместно с "Белавиа"". kommersant.ru. 31 July 2018.
  18. Liu, Jim (30 October 2019). "KLM begins Ural Airlines codeshare from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  19. "Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Уральские авиалинии" договорились о совместных перевозках". PravdaUrfo. 7 October 2021.
  20. "Авиакомпании-партнёры". s7.ru.
  21. "Fleet". Ural Airlines. 2 July 2022.
  22. "Ural Airlines Fleet Details and History". 2 July 2022.
  23. "Флот "Уральских авиалиний" пополнился самолетом из парка "Сибири"". ch-aviation. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  24. Liu, Jim (5 August 2019). "Ural Airlines outlines A320neo service from mid-Aug 2019". Routesonline.
  25. Nick Wenzel (August 8, 2019). "Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo". International Flight Network. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  26. Nick Wenzel (August 8, 2019). "Ural Airlines takes delivery of its first Airbus A320neo". International Flight Network. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  27. ""Уральские авиалинии" начали переговоры о приобретении A321neo". ato.ru (in Russian). Azimuth. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  28. Fox, Kara (15 August 2019). "Russian plane crash-lands outside Moscow after striking flock of gulls". CNN. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  29. Ostroukh, Andrey; Balmforth, Tom (15 August 2019). "Russia hails miracle after plane makes emergency landing near Moscow". Reuters. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  30. "Russia bird strike: Plane crash-lands after hitting gulls". BBC. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  31. "Russia: Ural Airlines Flight U61383 makes emergency landing in Novosibirsk region the morning of Sept. 12 /update 1". Russia: Ural Airlines Flight U61383 makes emergency landing in Novosibirsk region the morning of Sept. 12 / update 1 | Crisis24. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  32. "Люди рыдают, встают на колени. На рейсах «Уральских авиалиний» сотрудник требует денег и не пускает на самолет" [People are crying and kneeling. On Ural Airlines flights, an employee demands money and does not let you on the plane]. e1.ru - Ekaterinburg news (in Russian). 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

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