April 22, 2014. Ural Airlines added one more Airbus 319 to its fleet of vehicles on April 19, 2014, the air carrier's press service reports. 'This is the fourth air liner of this particular make the company has bought. The airline is now using 32 Airbus liners. The fourth Airbus A 319 arrived in Yekaterinburg from Turkey. Its capacity is 134 seats, including 126 economy class seats and 8 business class ones,' the company press service says. The new airplane is expected to be used for both international and domestic hauls. Airbus 319 operated its first flight within the company

April 22, 2014. Transport Machine-Building Design Bureau (KBTM, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) bought 10 electric vehicles ET 2054 in Yekaterinburg. 'The vehicles are produced by M.I. Kalinin Machine-Building Plant and are meant for transporting cargo of up to 2,000 kg indoors and outdoors. This is an environmentally friendly means of transportation that can enter any department. These vehicles are 3.5 meters long and 1.3 meters wide and are maneuvered enough so as to easily move around the entire territory. The vehicles are fitted with lead-acid batteries that can be

April 22, 2014. The head of Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ, a member enterprise of Uralvagonzavod Corporation) Tool Department Lyubov Fortygina won in Her Majesty Woman Contest, in the Social Movement Leader category. The contest was coordinated by Chelyabinsk Council. According to the corporation's press service, the winner has been the permanent head of the plant employees' Weather at Home Family Club. 80 women took part in the contest, including managers and lower-level employees, representatives of amateur art and dance clubs, housewives, and leaders of local social movements.

April 22, 2014. A large group of Canadian delegates might visit the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom 2014 in Yekaterinburg on July 9-12. This visit is still being negotiated at the moment, Formica Group, the event coordinator, told UrBC. 'We are currently negotiating a visit of a large group of delegates from Canada to Innoprom and the joint events that could be implemented during the Russian forum involving the Russian-German Chamber of Foreign Trade (AHK) and the US Trade Chamber in Russia (AmCham),' the company says. According to Innoprom coordinator, 232 companies

April 22, 2014. President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met ChTPZ Group BOD Chairman Alexander Fedorov in Kazan, the company's official statement says. 'Rustam Minnikhanov stressed the important part ChTPZ Group's machine-building asset, Alnas, plays in the economic potential of Tatarstan, and said he was sure all of the plant's goals will be achieved,' the press release says. During the meeting, the two heads talked about the developmental prospects of Alnas, a plant that is one of Rimera Corporation's assets and part of ChTPZ Group. Alexander