OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation and leading international travel service and e-commerce provider Travelport have signed an agreement on global cooperation for the distribution of air tickets with full access to UTair services. The agreement guarantees travel agents using Travelport system full access to the airfares database, the UTair worldwide flight schedule and booking for available seats offered by the airline.

“We have been successfully cooperating with Travelport for a long time already and this agreement will only strengthen our partnership,” said UTair Passenger Airlines President Oleg Semenov. “Expansion of our service offer for Travelport clients will significantly complement current distribution opportunities. We are looking forward to seeing positive results of this cooperation in the near future.”

“We witness positive dynamics in relations with Russian airlines this year,” pointed out Travelport Head of Supplier for Europe Robin Ranken. “We have achieved significant progress in providing clients with unique content as well as in increasing cost efficiency in distribution for all of our partnering content suppliers.”

Travelport combines leadership in e-commerce and solutions for corporate clients with advanced technologies for travel operators and travel agencies. Travelport serves the Global Distribution System for travel products that includes the Galileo™ and Worldspan™ platforms.

UTair Aviation ranks among the top three Russian airlines. In 2012 UTair aircraft transported 8,582,681 passengers. The airline operates more than 150 fixed wing aircraft and performs flights to 110 destinations. The airline maintains its central hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow and performs 300 flights daily.