Addd From United States of America, joined May 2007, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2210 times:
No, it is supposed to be a Latin alphabet "U" - just an odd typeface, I suppose. Good question about what UT stands for - I am not even sure it is an acronym; their website - www.utair.ru - does not provide a clear answer in either English or Russian...
MD11junkie From Argentina, joined May 2005, 3091 posts, RR: 60 Reply 2, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 2193 times:
I can't make any sense of it:
Quote: It was in February 1967 when the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate was set up in order to meet the transport requirements of the fast-growing oil and gas industry undergoing development in Western Siberia. In the wake of the break-up of the Aeroflot organization, Tyumenaviatrans Aviation (TAT) was formed in 1991 to replace the Aeroflot Tyumen Directorate. TAT adopted the name of UTair in early 2003. The airline is owned by Khanty Mansiysk District administration (23%), Surgut City administration (19%), Russian shareholders and companies (33%), the Russian Federation (2%), and private foreign investors (20%).
Addd From United States of America, joined May 2007, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2065 times:
Ptugarin From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 325 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2002 times:
If I were to guess, U = Ural (with high confidence), T = Transport (not really sure), but I have no evidence to prove or disprove it.
Addd From United States of America, joined May 2007, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1990 times:
No - fot that matter, "T" certainly stands for Tyumen; it is "U" that remains a mystery (the city of Tyumen is in Siberia, not Urals by any account).
Bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2409 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1976 times:
Quoting Ptugarin (Reply 4): If I were to guess, U = Ural (with high confidence), T = Transport (not really sure), but I have no evidence to prove or disprove it.
I agree with the "U" but not the "T". I believe the "T" stands for Tyumen. This is what I found in their english website:
Quote: Following development of oil and gas deposits in the region, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Soviet Union organized the Tyumen Civil Aviation Fleet on the basis of the Ural Civil Aviation Fleet’s Tyumen Aviation Group in 1967.
Sovietjet From Bulgaria, joined Mar 2003, 2339 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1966 times:
UTair in Russian is ЮТэйр. Therefore the U is a Ю which is pronounced "yoo" or "yu". Before 2002 UTair was known as Tyumenaviatrans and I believe that airline had the IATA code "UT" so when they renamed it it became part of the name. Much like how Siberia Airlines became "S7 airlines" since S7 was the IATA code for Siberia airlines.
TymnBalewne From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 912 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 1959 times:
Well, if they ever become primarily an international carrier I hope they won't rebrand themselves "UTI".
Addd From United States of America, joined May 2007, 397 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (3 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1818 times:
Quoting Sovietjet (Reply 7): Before 2002 UTair was known as Tyumenaviatrans and I believe that airline had the IATA code "UT" so when they renamed it it became part of the name. Much like how Siberia Airlines became "S7 airlines" since S7 was the IATA code for Siberia airlines.
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