The Supervisory Board and the management board of Utair Group have approved the 2018 business plan, the company's press service informed.

Next year, UTair Group expects to increase passenger flow by 12% to 8.2 million, the flight time by 10.9% to 214 thousand hours, the revenue load factor by 3 p.p. to 77% from 74%.

In 2018, the company will start flying to new destinations in Siberia, the Volga region, in the south of Russia, as well as abroad, continue to develop the transfer network at Vnukovo airport. 

In 2018, the group intends to preserve leading positions in the helicopter market. Its key customers are major companies operating in the oil and gas, power and construction sectors.

Next year, Utair expects to increase revenue by 11% in the aircraft segment, by 16% in the helicopter segment.

In January-October 2017, UTair increased the passenger flow by 9% year-on-year to 6.111 million.