Ural Airlines JSC reduced the fuel fees for flights to Dalaman, a popular summer destination in Turkey, from $16 in June to $12.5 starting July 4. Thus, this international charter flight has become even more available for regional passengers. The new fuel fee equals to that for flights to Hurgada, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Antalia, and Pula. The fee for flights to more expensive resorts in Larnaka, Barcelona, Saloniki, Iraclion, Varna, and Burgas have so far remained the same ($16 for a single trip). Yet as soon as the destination is classified as popular, the airline is trying to cut the passengers’

According to the data provided by the website of Severnaya Kazna Bank JSC, the net wealth of UralTransBank JSC has gone up by 8.8% within the first six months of 2006. This places the bank on the list of the most successful banks of Sverdlovsk Region (8th out of eight). The experts of Severnaya Kazna Bank JSC also indicate that the amount of investments drawn to natural persons accounts in UralTransBank have increased by 7.1% throughout January to June. This also means the bank rating last on the best banks list.

No. 10 turbine compressor is going to be put into operation at the heat and power plant of Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Nizhniy Tagil JSC (part of Evraz Group). The assembling has by now been fully completed; the company’s technicians are through with the balancing and commissioning and are now busy testing the equipment, which is estimated to take about one and a half months. The new turbine compressor was created for No. 5 blast furnace currently under construction. The compressor will provide the furnace with compressed air needed for melting. The machine is fully automated; its

According to the Central Bank of Russia, arrears of credit payments by nongovernmental commercial organizations to Ural Treasures Bank have gone up by 49% (from 7.583 million RUR to 11.306 million) throughout January to June 2006. As for the period of January to May 2006, the arrears of credit payments went up by 19% (from 7.583 million to 8.988 million).

Technicians of Beloyarskaya nuclear power plant started concreting the would-be footing of the main building of BN-800 feeding unit. The new No. 4 feeding unit with a fast-fission reactor will have been put into operation in 2012. No. 3 BN-600 feeding unit with a fast-fission reactor is the only operating one at the moment. It has to be closed down in 2010, yet the experts are looking into the possibilities of extending its life up to 2025. The AMB-100 and AMB-200 thermal reactors 1 and 2 have already been closed as worn out. After the plant completes the innovational BN-800 feeding unit, it

There are 21 workers in municipal clinic № 40 now; doctors say they feel okay, reports the spokesperson for Sverdlovsk Region Ministry of Emergency Management. ‘105 patients were found healthy and allowed to leave the hospital yesterday,’ said the spokesperson for the Ministry Natalia Ziryanova. She added that the experts from the local division of Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer goods monitoring service, will have completed the lab tests by no later than July 19. The preliminary diagnosis (food intoxication) has so far remained the same.

Metallurgical Industrial Complex of Magnitogorsk has reduced its ore output by 7.7% (down to 672,600 tons) in the first six months of 2006 compared to one year earlier; the production of agglomerate came to 5,452,600 tons, the production of coke to 2,780,000 tons, the production of iron to 4,920,200 tons, the production of steel to 5,922,000 tons, the production of rolled metal to 5,479,600 tons (which is 9.5% more than in the six months of 2005). The output of metal goods comprised 5,379,200 tons, the company’s spokesperson said to UrBC representative.

According to the Bank of Russia, the doubtful consumer debt to Snezhinksiy Bank JSC has gone up by 60.6% (from 3,505,000 RUR on January 1, 2006 to 5,630,000 on June 1, 2006) in the first six months of 2006.

Some personnel changes have taken place in MegaFon/Ural GSM, the local division of one of major Russian mobile operators. Denis Malyshev was appointed General Director; former GD Alexander Arnautov decided to retire. Mr Malyshev was earlier employed in the capacity of Regional Development Director by Delta Telecom (Skylink) CJSC and then as GD of Mobicom Center CJSC (MegaFon) He will be succeeded in the latter position by Andrey Eremkin, former Deputy GD of Mobicom Center.

Having conducted a fundamental analysis of the bank’s accounting reports up to June 1, 2006, the independent experts from Bankir.Ru stated that ChelIndBank JSC had a low credit risk rate as well as great financial stability and paying capacity. According to the experts, the bank’s resources are quite diversified in terms of attracting investments and in terms of currencies; there are no arrears of payments so far as attracted investments are concerned, and the sources of capital are found altogether reliable. The assets were classed as good quality ones and the profitability of operations as