Ural Airlines

Performance indicators

2023: Record net profit - 17.11 billion rubles

According to the results of work in 2023, Ural Airlines recorded a record net profit of 17.11 billion rubles against 13.5 billion rubles in profit a year earlier. The carrier's revenue during this time increased by 24.2% - from 89.37 billion to 110.98 billion rubles. Such data in accordance with Russian accounting standards (RAS) were released in early April 2024.

According to Interfax, citing materials from Ural Airlines, in 2023 the company's cost of sales amounted to 91.06 billion rubles, an increase of 24.2% compared to a year ago. Gross profit increased 1.5 times (to 19.91 billion rubles), profit from sales - 1.7 times (to 14.2 billion rubles). Pre-tax profit in 2023 rose by almost 30% and exceeded 22.8 billion rubles.

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As of the end of 2023, Ural Airlines' accounts payable amounted to 12.58 billion rubles, which is half as much as similar debts a year earlier (28.79 billion rubles). Accounts receivable during this time, on the contrary, increased - from 7.84 billion to 14.54 billion rubles.

Other income and expenses of Ural Airlines in 2023 decreased 1.9 times to 21.9 billion and 16.19 billion rubles, respectively. It also follows from the materials of the airline that in 2023 it received state subsidies in the amount of 3.598 billion rubles, while in 2022 their size was 11.764 billion rubles.

The agency recalls that the government allocated subsidies to Russian airlines for partial compensation of expenses for domestic flights in April-October 2022. Rosaviatsia approved the application of Ural Airlines for 8.9 billion rubles. In addition, almost 2.7 billion rubles were allocated to the company as compensation for spending on flights within the Russian Federation in November 2022 - March 2023.^[1]

History

2024: Appointment of Kirill Skuratov as CEO of Ural Airlines

On August 8, 2024, the board of directors of Ural Airlines decided to resign Sergei Skuratov from the post of general director. His son Kirill Skuratov, who previously served as the first deputy general director - commercial director of the airline, was appointed to this position. Read more here.

2023: Landing of a passenger plane in a field near Novosibirsk

Early in the morning Moscow time on September 12, 2023, the Ural Airlines Airbus A320 airliner flying from Sochi to Omsk had problems. The pilots decided to make an emergency landing and landed on the ground in a rural area near the village of Kamenka near Novosibirsk.

None of the 159 passengers and 6 crew members on board were injured - all were successfully evacuated and taken to temporary accommodation centers. The plane was damaged, but, fortunately, there were no fires and destruction of the fuselage.

Four years ago, a similar episode occurred when the pilots of the Airbus A321 of the same Ural Airlines urgently landed the plane on a plantation in the Moscow region. Then, in the same way, victims were avoided, and what happened was called "a miracle in a cornfield."

2020: The company is on the verge of bankruptcy during the COVID-19 epidemic

Ural Airlines, due to the cessation of flights due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, was "on the verge of bankruptcy," said Nikolai Tsukanov, presidential envoy to the Ural Federal District.

According to the plenipotentiary, the head of Ural Airlines, Sergei Skuratov, turned to him, complaining about the threat of bankruptcy and the inability to get loans from either Sberbank or VTB.

1993: Start of operations of Ural Airlines

The activities of Ural Airlines in the Russian transport market began in December 1993, after the official division of the Sverdlovsk airline into an airline and an airport.

1943: Creation of the Sverdlovsk United Air Detachment

The Sverdlovsk combined squadron, which included the Sverdlovsk Koltsovo airport and a detachment of Aeroflot aircraft based there, was formed in 1943.

Shareholders and Management

74.318% of the company's shares are owned by Wings of the Urals LLC 10,251 % — BETA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED.

From the beginning of activity to the present, the company is headed by General Director Sergei Skuratov - 1st class pilot, Honored Worker of Transport of the Russian Federation, Excellent Air Transport, awarded the Order of Honor.

Performance indicators

2007-2021

By 2011, Ural Airlines is one of the 10 leading Russian airlines in terms of traffic. The first million passenger was transported by the airline in 2006. Since then, traffic volumes have steadily increased.

According to the results of operation for 11 months of 2011, the airline made 19,160 flights, which is 27% higher than in 2010 (in 2010 15,105). Including 6,696 flights on international lines. 8,807 flights on domestic lines and 3,657 flights to CIS countries. The number of passengers transported during this period increased by 39% - since the beginning of 2011, 2,325,738 passengers have used the services of Ural Airlines, and in 2010 1,678,985. The actual passenger turnover in January-November 2011 also increased by 39% and amounted to 6,310,965 thousand passenger killometers, while in 2010 4,544,707 thousand passenger killometers

Number of passengers transported:

• in 2011 - more than 2.5 million are expected (according to the results of 11 months, 2,325,738 passengers were transported, + 39%);
• in 2010 - 1.678 million (+ 12%);
• in 2009 - 1.497 million (+ 3%);
• in 2008 - 1.450 million (+ 19%);
• in 2007 - 1.217 million (+ 20%);

The geography of the airline's flights is expanding annually and has more than 120 destinations. The interests of Ural Airlines are represented in 30 cities of Russia, near and far abroad. Since October 2011, the airline first began operating flights from Chelyabinsk to Vienna, Harbin and Dubai. This season, the Ural Airlines emirate operates flights from 8 more cities - Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara, Kazan, Ufa, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod. In addition, the airline has significantly expanded its flight map to China - in addition to flights Krasnoyarsk-Harbin and Yekaterinburg-Beijing, flights Novosibirsk-Harbin, Novosibirsk-Guangzhou and Irkutsk-Guangzhou are operating. The staff of Ural Airlines is more than 1600 employees. Ural Airlines has 53 interline agreements with Russian and foreign airlines, including CCA (Czech Republic), Emirates (UAE), Swiss International Air Lines (Switzerland), Air France (France), etc. Ural Airlines is a member of the IATA Clearing House (ICH), as well as a member of the Multilateral Interline Agreement (MITA). Ural Airlines has its own frequent flyer bonus program, Wings. In addition, there is a bonus program for legal entities "Corporate Client." A full range of services for organizing tourist and business trips in Russia and abroad are provided by the Krylya Travel Club and the Europort international tour operator.

Achievements

The airline is one of the top ten Russian airlines in terms of passenger traffic, since in 2010 more than 1,700,000 passengers used the airline's services, and compared to 2000, the airline's actual passenger turnover increased by 20%.

Following the results of its work in 2009, Ural Airlines won the largest industry award "Wings of Russia" in two nominations at once:

• Airline of the Year - passenger carrier on domestic airlines in group II (the volume of passenger traffic on VVL from 1 to 3 billion square meters)
• Airline of the Year - passenger carrier on international airlines in group II (passenger traffic on MVL from 0.2 to 3 billion square meters)

In 2010 and 2011, Ural Airlines was again awarded the Wings of Russia Prize in the nomination Airline of the Year - Passenger Carrier on Domestic Airlines in Group II. [4] For 14 years of its existence, Ural Airlines has been awarded awards in various nominations 8 times.

Fleet

The company's air fleet consists of 22 aircraft (as of December 26, 2011). Previously, four Il-86s, four Tu-154Ms (in 2011), eight Tu-154Bs and three An-24s were decommissioned.

Since 2012, there are plans to start operating long-range wide-body vehicles such as the Airbus A330. According to the airline's management estimates, in 2012 Ural Airlines will have 27 aircraft, of which nine are already A-321 aircraft [5]. In accordance with the long-term development plan of Ural Airlines, by 2015 more than thirty foreign aircraft will be in operation.

Route network

As of November 2011, the route network of the Ural Airlines airline company includes more than 100 destinations in 17 countries of the world.

Airline team

The main guarantor of the safety of passenger and cargo air transportation and the quality of the services provided is the staff of Ural Airlines. To date, the airline employs more than 1,800 people.

Employees of the airline purposefully strive to ensure that the standards adopted in the best airlines in the world become the norm of professional ethics and behavior. We trust the helms of our passenger ships only to the most highly qualified pilots. All pilots of the airline have extensive experience, a high level of training and are constantly improving their qualifications. At its own expense, Ural Airlines organizes and regularly conducts ground training cycles in leading Russian and foreign training centers.

The airline pays special attention to the psychological training of personnel working in direct contact with passengers, increasing customer-oriented work skills. In order to assess business qualities and professional skill, the Flight Attendant Service introduced a comprehensive motivation system ("Star System"). Silver or gold stars adorning cabin crew costumes are a testament to the high appreciation of their work. The Service constantly undergoes training, trainings and advanced training courses. The aviation technical base of Ural Airlines is one of the most modern professional in Russian civil aviation. Its technical equipment, as well as the experience of working engineers and technicians, allows you to independently perform the necessary complex of repairs and maintenance of many types of aircraft.

International cooperation

In modern conditions of international integration, partnership between airlines is the key to the successful development of the air transportation market. Ural Airlines today has about fifty interline agreements with leading Russian and foreign airlines, including Czech Airlines (Czech Republic), Emirates (UAE), Swiss International Air Lines (Switzerland), Air France (France), Malev (Hungary), S7, Utair and many others.

In addition, Ural Airlines is a member of the IATA Clearing House (ICH), which allows the airline to use the global settlement system. The airline is also a party to the Multilateral Interline Agreement (MITA). Participation in the activities of this organization allows airlines to significantly expand the scope of their cooperation with their colleagues in different countries of the world. The MITA apparatus is purposefully engaged in finding the most suitable partners. At the initial level of establishing contacts, company offers are automatically sent to all MITA member air carriers. In case of a positive response, MITA employees inform the company - the author of the request. Next, direct contacts of specialists from both airlines begin.