The Russian airline UTair was fined due to a long flight delay on the initiative of the Surgut transport prosecutor, reported the press service of the Ural transport prosecutor’s office on Wednesday.
On January 26, at the Nizhny Novgorod airport, due to a technical malfunction, the UTair flight was detained for seven hours on the route Nizhny Novgorod – Yekaterinburg – Surgut. At the same time, as the prosecutor’s office notes, the airline did not provide a reserve aircraft for this flight.
An administrative case was initiated under Part 3 of Article 14.1.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (carrying out entrepreneurial activities in the field of transport in violation of the conditions stipulated by the license). As a result, the airline was fined with 100,000 rubles (1,650 USD).
The press service of the Ural transport prosecutor’s office told that the airline had to quickly provide a reserve aircraft, but did not do so. As a result, the passengers flew only seven hours later.
