Personnel

Today's highly competitive passenger air transport market presents leading airlines with ever more demanding requirements in terms of flight safety, reliability and service quality. In order to maintain and go beyond these parameters, it is essential to have highly qualified personnel.

Flight personnel: *
Aircraft captains  607
Co-pilots 719
Navigators 76
Senior flight crew 110
Other flight crew 462
Cabin crew  1690

* as of  September 01, 2011

One of the management priorities of UTair Aviation is to implement a targeted human resources policy based on the principle of continuous professional advancement of employees through regular training and certification as well as attracting young specialists willing to develop their knowledge and potential.

The airline’s reputation, its adherence to the best traditions in Russian civil aviation and the high and progressive professional expectations it sets for its employees has created a positive 'can do' corporate culture with a strong morale that is very attractive to young and prospective employees.

Thanks to its considered and proactive human resource policy, UTair is the proud employer of over 6000 highly professional and dynamically developing specialists.

Over 4500 employees are dedicated to the maintenance and operation of the airline’s helicopter and fixed wing aircraft fleet. Over 50% of the company’s employees are certified to conduct international flight operations in a range of capacities.

Currently UTair Aviation JSC employs over 13,000 highly qualified specialists.