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 size48
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] The technical base of the airline is one of the biggest and most modern in Russia. Its technical equipment and experienced engineers allow Ural Airlines to provide necessary services in-house. In 2012, the airline opened its training complex for pilots. The system of training for Airbus A320 was 7.5 million euro. The complex included the construction works too, with 9 million euros.

The airline also plans to buy the 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, 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 to commenced to Russian-occupied Crimea.

Corporate affairs
A former Ural Airlines Antonov An-12, the airline's first aircraft type after their independence from Aeroflot
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[16] (+3%)
2008 1.450 million[16] (+19%)
2007 1.217 million[16] (+20%)
2006 1.011 million[16] (+11%)
2005 0.909 million[16]
Financial performance[16]
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
Main article: List of Ural Airlines destinations

Codeshare agreements

Ural Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: [17]

Fleet

Current fleet
An Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200
An Airbus A321NX of Ural Airlines

As of January 2020, the Ural Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[21]

Ural Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[22] Notes
B E Total
Airbus A319-100 5 — 8 126 134
Airbus A320-200 23[23] — 12 144 156
Airbus A320neo 3[24] — 8 168 176 EIS on 15 August 2019.[25]
Airbus A321-200 15 — — 220 220 VQ-BOZ damaged beyond repair while on service as Flight 178 after crashing in a cornfield. Set to be scrapped in situ.[26]
Airbus A321LR 2[27] — — 236 236 To be delivered in 2019.
With a possible replacement of the older aircraft.
Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 14[28] TBA To be delivered in 2019.[29]
Total 48 14

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.[30] The airline also considered purchasing Irkut MC-21s, but the plans were probably withdrawn.[31] Lately, Ural Airlines announced the purchase of 2 Airbus A321neoLR, that will be delivered in 2019, with a possible replacement of older Airbus A321-200.

The airline moved up its plans to increase its fleet size from 43 to 50 in 2018, moving up its original plans to do so by 2020.

Retired fleet
A former Ural Airlines Tupolev Tu-154B-2
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
  • On 15 August 2019, Ural Airlines Flight 178, an Airbus A321 registered as VQ-BOZ, was scheduled to fly from Zhukovsky International Airport to Simferopol. 226 passengers and 7 crew were on board. The aircraft suffered a bird strike shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing in a cornfield less than 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) from the runway[32] with its landing gear up.[33] Although 74 passengers sought medical treatment, only 1 major injury occurred, and all passengers survived.[34]
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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.
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  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
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  17. "Profile on Ural Airlines". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  18. ""Уральские авиалинии" будут выполнять рейсы из Москвы в Челябинск совместно с "Белавиа"". kommersant.ru. 31 July 2018.
  19. Liu, Jim (30 October 2019). "KLM begins Ural Airlines codeshare from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  20. "Авиакомпании-партнёры". s7.ru.
  21. https://www.uralairlines.ru/good-info/news-and-press-releases/vozdushnyy-flot-uralskikh-avialiniy-popolnilsya-eshche-odnim-airbus-a321/
  22. "Fleet". uralairlines.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  23. "Флот "Уральских авиалиний" пополнился самолетом из парка "Сибири"". ch-aviation. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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  26. "Accident: Ural A321 at Moscow on Aug 15th 2019, bird strike into both engines forces landing in corn field". avherald.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  27. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ural-introduces-first-a321neo-461963/
  28. ""Уральские авиалинии" арендовали 14 самолетов Boeing 737MAX". ato.ru. 1 June 2018.
  29. churkanov (1 June 2018). "Уральские авиалинии начнут летать на 14 новых Boeing 737". yandex zen.
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  32. Fox, Kara. "Russian plane crash-lands outside Moscow after striking flock of gulls". CNN. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  33. Ostroukh, Andrey; Balmforth, Tom (15 August 2019). "Russia hails miracle after plane makes emergency landing near Moscow". Reuters. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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