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Feb 06, 2023 (newstodate): Part of Russia's UTair Group, UTair Helicopter Services is the world's largest rotary-wing aircraft operator with over 250 units.
The company has been an important, even crucial provider of helicopter services to UN missions around the world, but this is now affected by the western sanctions on Russian aviation due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
-Current events have a negative impact on our activities abroad. This also affected interaction with the UN. We are gradually reducing our presence in this market in terms of helicopter aviation. There will be a decrease in our presence, the number of fleets involved in this program, said Alexey Vinogradov, President of UTair - Helicopter Services, in an interview by a Russian media.
UTair - Helicopter Services has been the largest provider of aviation services for UN peacekeeping missions.