August 5, 2013. Ural Airlines added one Airbus 319 to its fleet of vehicles. The air carrier's press service reports that the liner is fit for 134 passengers (126 economy class seats and 8 business class ones). 'The new A319 will set off on its first flight under Ural Airlines name today: the plane will take its passengers from Yekaterinburg to the seaside resort of Anapa,' the press service says. With the addition of this new Airbus 319, the company's fleet of vehicles now comprises 31 aircraft (19 A320 ones, 10 A321 ones, and 2 A319 ones). Ural Airlines launched its

August 5, 2013. Sverdlovsk Region was given the 24th position in the rating of Russian Federation constituencies that are trying to reduce the government debt: the region's debt has declined by 11.4% since the beginning of the year and came to 18.38bn RUR as of July 1, 2013. Debts came to 13.6% of the regional budget's revenues in 2012. The federal constituencies' accumulated debt came to 1.311 trillion RUR, which was down 2.9% on last year, RIA Rating, a rating agency, reports. 48 federal constituencies managed to reduce their debt in the first half of the year. All in all,

August 5, 2013. UTair Aviation supported Yekaterinburg's application to host the World Expo 2020 event. The air carrier's press service reports that a branded logo that reads, Ekaterinburg World Expo 2020, was painted on the body of the company's VQ-BAE Boeing 737-500. The air liner operates flight from Yekaterinburg and a number of other cities to Vnukovo Airport of Moscow. 'Yekaterinburg winning the right to host this World Universal Exhibition EXPO 2020 will give a powerful boost to the area's development, will enhance business activity here, and will increase both

An inspection of MTS-Bank by Sverdlovsk Region authorities revealed that the bank's loan agreements violate consumers' rights. According to the spokesperson for the authorities, it follows from the terms of the loan contracts MTS-Bank is signing with its customers that a loan is only offered to a borrowing party provided that the latter opens an account with the bank. Now such a proviso in a loan agreement actually infringes upon the consumers' rights, as there is no legal requirement to open an account with a bank when a private individual is taking out a loan. Besides, it