Ural Airlines won the Wings of Russia 2020 award twice

The day before, Moscow hosted the 24th ceremony of awarding the Wings of Russia national industry award named after Evgeny Chibirev, as a result of which Ural Airlines became a laureate in the category "Airline of the Year - Passenger Transportation Group 1" (traffic volume from 1 to 6 million passengers. ) and a diploma winner in the nomination "For the efficiency of work in a crisis".

The organizing committee of the award considered it necessary to hold a ceremony dedicated to the results of the most difficult year for the entire aviation industry and to encourage the best aviation enterprises. The nominees were evaluated by an independent expert council consisting of representatives of the aviation industry, public organizations and the media. A total of 28 airlines and 11 airports took part in the competition.

Alexey Genrikhovich Fomin, Deputy General Director for Quality at Ural Airlines, commented on the award: “The past 2020 has become unprecedented in terms of the difficulties faced by Ural Airlines. In the absence of passenger traffic, we developed a plan of anti-crisis measures, were able to quickly restructure our work, focusing on the freight market. The airline was one of the first to join the state program of export flights and began operating flights to evacuate Russians from foreign cities. Despite all the difficulties, Ural Airlines ended the year with 5.6 million passengers transported and an air fleet of 50 aircraft: in 2020, the fleet was replenished with one Airbus A321neo and three Airbus A321ceo). We are glad that the expert council appreciated our work last year ”.