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{{Short description|2006–2015 Russian regional airline}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline        = UTair Express
| logo           = UTair_Express_logo.png
| logo_size      = 
| fleet_size     = 28
| destinations   = 31
| IATA           = UR
| ICAO           = UTX
| callsign       = –
| parent         = [[UTair Aviation]]
| company_slogan =
| founded        = December 2006
| ceased         = June 2015
| headquarters   = {{nowrap|[[Syktyvkar]], [[Komi Republic|Komi]], [[Russia]]}}
| key_people     = 
| hubs           = [[Syktyvkar Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities   = 
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge         = 
| alliance       = 
| website        = [http://www.utair-express.com/ utair-express.com]
}}

'''UTair Express''' was a Russian [[regional airline]] headquartered in [[Syktyvkar]], [[Komi Republic|Komi]], and a subsidiary of [[UTair Aviation]]. Its main base was [[Syktyvkar Airport]]. It ceased operations on 10 June 2015.<ref name="suspended"/>

== History ==
UTair Express' predecessor [[Komiinteravia]] was established in March 1996 and started operations in July 1997.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 102 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref>

In 2004 UTair gained control of more than 70% of Komiinteravia.<ref>[http://www.ato.ru/content/merge-fly-another-day Russia/CIS Observer, October 2004, Merge to Fly Another Day]</ref> UTair planned to set up a new regional division using its subsidiary Komiinteravia that was to operate as UTair Express using [[Antonov An-24]] and [[ATR 42|ATR 42-300]] aircraft. It planned to replace its [[Komiinteravia]]'s An-24 fleet with additional ATR 42-300s over the next few years.<ref name="CH">{{cite web | title= UTair new regional division | date= 2006-09-09| work= CH-Aviation | url= http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?search=1&airline=UTair| access-date= 2007-06-03}}</ref>

UTair Express completed registration in December 2006 and emerged from the reorganization of Komiinteravia. The airline received a certificate in commercial air transport operations on Antonov An-24 aircraft. As soon as all of the An-24s have been decommissioned according to the airline's plan, UTair's air fleet will include up to 20 [[ATR 42]] aircraft. UTair Express also embraces Russia's largest Tupolev Tu-134 maintenance center.<ref>{{cite web| title= Komiinteravia reorganized into UTair Express| date= 2006-12-19| work= UTair Aviation News| url= http://www.utair.ru/en/news/news_current.shtml?2006/12//20061229-545.html| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043245/http://www.utair.ru/en/news/news_current.shtml?2006/12//20061229-545.html| url-status= dead| archive-date= September 27, 2007| access-date= 2007-06-03}}</ref>

On 10 June 2015, Russian authorities suspended the airline's operating license until further notice due to a request filed by UTair itself. The fleet and route network will be transferred to [[UTair Aviation]] until further notice as part of restructuring arrangements.<ref name="suspended">[http://ch-aviation.com/portal/news/37955-russia-suspends-utair-express-aoc ch-avitation.com - Russia suspends UTair-Express' AOC]</ref>

==Destinations==
[[File:Туполев Ту-134 49856, Москва - ВнуковоRP37148.jpg|thumb|A now-retired UTair Express [[Tupolev Tu-134]] in 2011]]
[[File:Антонов Ан-24 17307208, Москва - Внуково RP5432.jpg|thumb|UTair Express [[Antonov An-24]]]]
[[File:ATR 72-212A(500), UTair Express JP7375958.jpg|thumb|UTair Express [[ATR 72|ATR 72-500]]]]
UTair Express operated scheduled flights to the following destinations as of April 2014:<ref>{{cite web|title=РАСПИСАНИЕ ДВИЖЕНИЯ ВОЗДУШНЫХ СУДОВ|url=http://www.utair-express.com/index.php/raspisanie|publisher=ЮТэйр-Экспресс|access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>

==={{LIT}}===
*[[Vilnius]] – [[Vilnius International Airport]]

==={{RUS}}===
;{{flagicon|Arkhangelsk Oblast}} [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]]
*[[Arkhangelsk]] – [[Talagi Airport]] 
*;{{flagicon|Nenets Autonomous Okrug}} [[Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]
**[[Naryan-Mar]] – [[Naryan-Mar Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Bashkortostan}} [[Bashkortostan]]
*[[Ufa]] – [[Ufa International Airport]]<ref name=PFO1>{{cite web|title=С 1 апреля 2013 года в аэропорту "Большое Савино" открываются 6 прямых и 4 транзитных авиарейса до городов ПФО|url=http://perm.ru/?id=1000064&show=25573|work=Новости|publisher=Администрация губернатора Пермского края|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
;{{flagicon|Kirov Oblast}} [[Kirov Oblast]]
*[[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]] – [[Pobedilovo Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Komi Republic}} [[Komi Republic|Komi]]
*[[Syktyvkar]] – [[Syktyvkar Airport]]
*[[Ukhta]] – [[Ukhta Airport]]
*[[Usinsk]] – [[Usinsk Airport]]
*[[Ust-Tsylma]] – [[Ust-Tsylma Airport]]
*[[Vorkuta]] – [[Vorkuta Airport]]
;{{flag|Krasnodar Krai}}
*[[Anapa]] – [[Vityazevo Airport]] ''seasonal''
*[[Sochi]] – [[Adler-Sochi International Airport]] ''seasonal''
;{{flag|Kursk Oblast}}
*[[Kursk]] – [[Kursk Vostochny Airport]] 
;{{flagicon|Moscow}} [[Moscow]] / {{flagicon|Moscow Oblast}} [[Moscow Oblast]]
*[[Moscow]] – [[Vnukovo International Airport]]
;{{flagicon|Nizhny Novgorod Oblast}} [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
*[[Nizhny Novgorod]] – [[Strigino Airport]]<ref name=NNVolga />
;{{flag|Novosibirsk Oblast}}
*[[Novosibirsk]] – [[Tolmachevo Airport]]
;{{flag|Omsk Oblast}}
*[[Omsk]] – [[Omsk Tsentralny Airport]]
;{{flag|Samara Oblast}}
*[[Samara, Russia|Samara]] – [[Kurumoch Airport]] 
;{{flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
*[[Yekaterinburg]] – [[Koltsovo Airport]] 
;{{flag|Tambov Oblast}}
*[[Tambov]] – [[Tambov Airport]] 
;{{flagicon|Tatarstan}} [[Tatarstan]] 
*[[Kazan]] – [[Kazan International Airport|Kazan]]<ref name=NNVolga>{{cite web|title=С 1 апреля из международного аэропорта Нижний Новгород будут выполняться пять новых региональных рейсов|url=http://www.airportnn.ru/ru/novosti/000225|publisher=ОАО «Аэропорт Кольцово» & ОАО «МАНН»|access-date=28 March 2013}}</ref>
;{{flag|Tyumen Oblast}}
*[[Tyumen]] – [[Roshchino Airport]] 
*;{{flag|Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug}}
**[[Beloyarsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Beloyarsky]] – [[Beloyarsk Airport]]
**[[Khanty-Mansiysk]] – [[Khanty-Mansiysk Airport]]
**[[Nizhnevartovsk]] – [[Nizhnevartovsk Airport]]
**[[Nyagan]] – [[Nyagan Airport]]
**[[Sovetsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Sovetsky]] – [[Sovetsky Airport]]
**[[Surgut]] – [[Surgut International Airport]]
*;{{flag|Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug}}
**[[Novy Urengoy]] – [[Novy Urengoy Airport]]
;{{flag|Ulyanovsk Oblast}}
*[[Ulyanovsk]] – [[Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport]]
;{{flag|Voronezh Oblast}}
*[[Voronezh]] – [[Chertovitskoye Airport]]

== Fleet ==
As of April, 2014, UTair Express operated following aircraft types:<ref>{{cite news|title=Авиакомпания "ЮТэйр-Экспресс" стала крупнейшим эксплуатантом ATR 72-500|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/aviakompaniya-yuteyr-ekspress-stala-krupneyshim-ekspluatantom-atr-72-500|access-date=3 April 2014|newspaper=ATO.ru|date=2 April 2014}}</ref> 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Aircraft !! In fleet !! Orders !! Seats !! Notes
|-
| [[ATR 72-500]] ||align=center| 15 || 1 || 70 ||  
|-

| [[Antonov An-24]] ||align=center| 13  || — || 40–48 || 
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Russia|Aviation}}
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*{{Official website|http://www.utair-express.com/}}

{{Airlines of Russia}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Russia]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2006]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2015]]
[[Category:Companies based in Syktyvkar]]


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