Ukraine International Airlines
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Founded | 1 October 1992 | ||||||
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Hubs | Boryspil International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Panorama Club | ||||||
Fleet size | 35 | ||||||
Destinations | 80 | ||||||
Parent company | Capital Investment Project LLC (74%) | ||||||
Headquarters | Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
Key people | Yuri Miroshnikov, President[2] | ||||||
Website | flyuia.com |
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), CJSC (Ukrainian: Приватне акціонерне товариство «Авіакомпанія Міжнародні Авіалінії України» (МАУ), Aviakompaniya Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny, [ˌɑwijɑkɔmˈpɑɲijɑ miʒnɑˈrɔdni ˌɑwijɑˈʎiɲiji ukrɑˈjɪnɪ]) is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ukraine,[3] with its head office in Kiev[4] with its main hub at Boryspil International Airport. It operates domestic and international passenger flights and cargo services to Europe, the Middle East, the US[5] and Asia.
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History
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The airline was established on 1 October 1992, and started operations on 25 November 1992 with a Kiev-London flight. It was one of the first "joint ventures with foreign capital" in Ukraine and the first airline in the former Soviet Union to use new Boeing 737-400 aircraft. The founding shareholders were the Ukrainian Association of Civil Aviation and Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), an Irish aircraft-leasing company. In 1996, Austrian Airlines and Swissair became shareholders, investing US$9 million in new equity.
The airline began cargo operations with a Boeing 737-200 aircraft on 13 November 1994 to London and Amsterdam, and today operates a Boeing 737-300F as a dedicated aircraft for freight operations.
In 2000, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development became a shareholder by investing $5.4 million. In 2006 UIA adopted a new classification system for freight operations[clarification needed] which allowed the airline to carry a wider range of goods, ranging from live animals to fresh food and valuable objects. Additionally, an express service was introduced to meet the needs of customers wishing to make use of expedited cargo delivery services.
In February 2011, the Ukrainian government sold its 61,6% stake in UIA to three existing minority shareholders for 287 million UAH ($36.2 million). As of 26 July 2013, the airline was owned by Ukraine-based Capital Investment Project LLC (74%) and Cyprus-based Ontobet Promotions Limited (26%)[6][7]
In the first half of 2013, the airline's traffic rose by 60% to 2,200,000 passengers. According to the company's president Yuriy Myroshnikov, the UIA planned to achieve the same 2013 yearly results (i.e. to reach yearly traffic of 4,400,000).[8] On 25 April 2014, UIA began non-stop flights from Kiev to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.[9]
In 2013, due to the demise of competitor Aerosvit, UIA launched new flights from Ukraine to Baku in Azerbaijan, Yerevan in Armenia, Larnaca in Cyprus, Munich in Germany, Warsaw in Poland, Vilnius in Lithuania, Prague in the Czech Republic, Athens in Greece, Batumi in Georgia, Moscow (Sheremetyevo Airport), Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, and Sochi in Russia, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, and in 2014, New York City in the United States.[10]
In October 2015 UIA was banned by Russian government from flying to Russian destinations as a response to a ban by Ukrainian government of Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine.[11]
Destinations
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UIA connects Ukraine to over 70 destinations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as to New York City,[9] from its base at Boryspil Airport, and also operates domestic flights. UIA serves over 700 flights per week and provides connections with its international partners’ flights to more than 3,000 other destinations across the world.
Ukraine International Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines (as of November 2015):
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Fleet
The Ukraine International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of May 2016:[12][13]
Ukraine International Airlines Fleet | ||||||||
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Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
C | Y+ | Y | Total | |||||
Boeing 737-300 | 3 | — | var. | — | var. | 135 | To be retired by 2017. | |
Boeing 737-500 | 6 | — | var. | — | var. | 112 | To be retired and replaced by Boeing 737-800/900ER. | |
Boeing 737-800 | 12 | 5 | var. | — | var. | 186 | Five aircraft to be delivered by the end of 2016. | |
Boeing 737-900ER | 2 2 |
— | 20 var. |
— | 159 var. |
189 215 |
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Boeing 767-300ER | 4 | — | 12 | 38 | 211 | 261 | ||
Embraer E190 | 5 | — | 12 | — | 92 | 104 | ||
Ukraine International Airlines Cargo Fleet | ||||||||
Boeing 737-300F | 1 | — | Maximum payload: 19 tonnes. | |||||
Total | 35 |
See also
References
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- ↑ "Contact Ukraine International Airlines." Ukraine International Airlines. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "ADDRESS: UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES 201-203, Kharkivske Road, Kiev, 02121, Ukraine"
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- ↑ [1] Archived April 29, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/25/russia-and-ukraine-suspend-direct-flights-between-countries
- ↑ http://www.flyuia.com/eng/company/ukraine-international-airlines/fleet.html
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