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Founded | 1943Aeroflot) | (as part of||||||
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Commenced operations | 1993 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Travelling Club "Wings" | ||||||
Fleet size | 52 | ||||||
Destinations | 101 | ||||||
Headquarters | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | ||||||
Key people | Sergei Skuratov (General Director) | ||||||
Website | uralairlines.ru |
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.
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]
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]
Year | Amount |
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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] |
Year | Revenue | Net Profit |
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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 |
Main article: List of Ural Airlines destinations |
Ural Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[16]
As of July 2022[update], the Ural Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[21][22]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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B | E | Total | ||||
Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | 8 | 132 | 140 | |
Airbus A320-200 | 23 | — | 12 | 144 | 156 | [23] |
150 | 162 | |||||
Airbus A320neo | 3 | — | 8 | 180 | 188 | [24][25] |
Airbus A321-200 | 14 | — | — | 215 | 215 | |
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.[citation needed] 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]
Aircraft | Total | Year Introduced | Year Retired | Notes |
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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. |