RosTransNadzor (the transport surveillance agency) banned the operation of any flights to or from Uktus Airport because Second Sverdlovsk Aviation Company has no aviation security compliance certificate. The monitoring of aviation security conditions by Ural Federal District division of Administration for State Transport Supervision and Transport Security revealed that Uktus Airport (Second Sverdlovsk Aviation Company)’s aviation security compliance certificate had expired. Under Article 8 of Russia’s Air Code, legal entities handling the provision of aviation security must undergo

Ural Airlines has once again proved its adherence to the principle of providing top-level security measures in its operation. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) decided to renew the air carrier’s IOSA registration through April 25, 2014, the company’s press service reports. This is, in fact, the third time Ural Airlines has undergone IOSA international audit. The obligatory IOSA certification is part of the airline’s policy aimed at ongoing professional improvement. Meeting IOSA standards means consistent systematization and management of interaction procedures among all of

A.K. Serov Metallurgical Plant’s revenues amounted to 14.17bn RUR in 2011, which was 27% more than in 2010, UMMC press service reports. The enterprise’s net profit reached 12.96m RUR, which is actually 11.5 times less than a year earlier.

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service sustained the petition placed by PFR Partners Fund I Limited (based in Cyprus and primarily dealing in investment activity) regarding a preliminary approval of purchasing a 26.435% stake (in voting shares) in Enel OGK-5 (based in Yekaterinburg and dealing in electric and heat power production). The FAS decided to approve of the petition. Enel OGK-5 comprises Sverdlovsk Region-based Reftinskaya and Sredneuralskaya power stations.

A cake to which Ural Airlines and Cologne Bonn Airport treated the first passengers on Moscow-Cologne flight gathered a record-breaking number of votes in the Cake of The Week competition: 1,792 votes. The information and analytical web portal Anna Aero (the contest coordinator) has never witnessed such enthusiastic approval before. ‘In Europe, they typically make extraordinary cakes to celebrate the new flights and then choose the best one. The winner is determined by the number of votes submitted by the visitors to the website. Our cake, number 22, got 33.17% of votes, leaving Air France’s