Ural Airlines operated 4,030 flights in January-March 2011, which was 39% better than in January-March 2010, the company’s press service reports.

For one, the carrier operated 810 international flights (a 31% increase against 2010), 2,372 domestic flights (a 37% increase against 2010), and 848 flights within the Commonwealth of Independent States (a 51% increase against 2010). In March 2011, the airline operated 1,300 flights, which exceeded the figures for March 2010 by 27%. The company’s press service explains that this growth has to do with the launch of new international and domestic flights from Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Ufa, and Samara. Besides, the carrier launched a strategically important daily flight from Krasnodar to Moscow and back as well as some flights from Yekaterinburg to Krasnoyarsk, Ufa, Kazan, Baku, and Carlsbad.