UTair Airlines Named after Viktor Muravlenko
OREANDA-NEWS. On August 22, 2007 one of UTair’s (UTair Aviation, OJSC) Tu-154M liners (hull number RA-85769) has been named after Viktor Muravlenko, reported the press-centre of UTair.
Viktor Muravlenko headed the nation’s largest corporation Glavtyumenneftegaz during the formation and development of Tyumen’s oil and gas sector, making a significant contribution into the development of the region’s civil aviation.
Under his tenure, Glavtyumenneftegaz financed runway and airport construction, as well as helping to build up the material resources and improve the living conditions of pilots in the region.
Other Tu-154 airliners, UTair’s flagship aircraft, also bear the names of people renowned in Western Siberia for their considerable contributions towards the advancement of civil aviation and the development of the region’s natural resources, including Vasily Bakhilov, Antonina Grigoryeva, Pyotr Panov, Roman Marchenko, Konstantin Luzhetsky, and Vladimir Kuleshov.
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