UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 30, 2017. Ural Airlines and Lufthansa Systems signed a long-term agreement allowing the former to use NetLine and Lido/Flight 4D solutions, the Russian air carrier’s press service reports. NetLine is an integrated IT platform that allows for efficient planning and management of the company’s day-to-day operation. Lido/Flight 4D is an IT solution meant to design the best route for every flight, considering the weather conditions, the current air traffic, and other factors. ‘Given the growing passenger turnover and the growing number of airplanes to manage, Ural

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 30, 2017. The telecommunications provider MegaFon set up additional base LTE stations in Alapayevs, Artemovsky, and Krasnouralsk, MegaFon Ural’s press service reports. ‘This is expected to ensure faster data download and instant website response for our subscribers. Our telecom experts also worked to improve connection quality and expanded the stable signal area in Nizhniy Tagil, Berezovsky, Bulanash, Tugulum, Yushala, and Koksharova. Some jobs were also done in Uralmash, Elmash, and Yugo-Zapadny Districts of Yekaterinburg as well as next to Uralets, Drama

UrBC, Moscow, November 30, 2017. Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir Potanin stopped negotiating on a possible merger of UC Rusal and Nornickel, Nornickel’s President and primary owner Vladimir Potanin told Vedomosti. ‘Oleg and I agreed that UC Rusal and Nornickel are two different businesses and two different companies with no synergy between them whatsoever. This is why they will keep developing independently, in the medium run,’ Potanin said. Oleg Deripaska’s representative told the newspaper a share in Nornickel was always seen as a potential strategic investment, and this view of the project

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 30, 2017. The average price of a square meter of housing on Yekaterinburg existing home market came to RUR 67,150 in November. This was 0.7% more than four weeks previously and 1.4% less than at the beginning of the year, Ural Real Estate Chamber’s research findings indicate. The number of homes for sale in Ural Real Estate Chamber’s database went down by 1.2% in the last four weeks and by 5.1% compared with the start of the year. As of November 27, 2017, there were some 9,600 apartments and 1,250 rooms in communal apartments on offer in Yekaterinburg as well as

UrBC, Yekaterinburg, November 30, 2017. The number of emergencies relating to gas leaks in Yekaterinburg houses and apartments grew by 20% in the last seven years, owing to an increased number of homes and gas consumers, among other factors, Head of Yekaterinburggaz Emergency Department Ivan Savenko said at a press conference recently. 6,800 emergency calls were made in 2011 and as many as 7,600 this year; 1,800 queries had to do with gas leaks. ‘Calls relating to gas leaks signal the greatest danger of explosions, fires, and destruction. Our rescue teams head for the location immediately and