UM Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = UM Airlines

logo_size = 250 px
fleet_size = 11
destinations = 20
IATA = UF
ICAO = UKM
callsign = UKRAINE MEDITERRANEE
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founded = 1998
headquarters = Kiev, Ukraine
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website = http://www.umairlines.com/

UM Airlines (also known as Ukrainian - Mediterranean Airlines or UM Air) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It operates domestic services and services to CIS countries and the Middle East.

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

The airline was established in 1998 and began operations in June 2000. It was founded as an open-end joint stock company. In 2003 UM Air had over 500 employees and carried 210,000 passengers. The airline now has 640 staff.In 2007 the Ukrainian Air Administration has refused to prolong UM Airlines' license because of safety concerns.In September 2007 the European Commission banned Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines from operating in airspace over the European Union citing safety issues. [ [http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/pdf/list_en.pdf Black list of banned airlines: the European Commission adopts new measures. Press Release] , 11 September 2007] .

Incidents and accidents

On 26 May 2003 a UM Yak-42-D crashed near Maçka, Trabzon (Turkey) while carrying 62 Spanish troops from Afghanistan to Zaragoza Air Base. All 75 on board died. At the time, the Spanish presence in the ISAF missions was being disputed among the Spanish politicians. There were accusations of the ministry of Defence hiring cheap unfit crafts. The scandal damaged the image of minister Federico Trillo.Furthermore, in 2004 it was revealed that the corpse identification in the Turkish mountains was rushed and several bodies were delivered to the wrong relatives.

Services

UM Airlines operates the following services (at July 2007):

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Chernovtsy, Kharkov, Kiev, Simferopol, and Uzhgorod.

*International scheduled destinations: Almaty, Amman, Astana, Batumi, Beirut, Damascus, Düsseldorf, Djerba, Hanover, İstanbul, Milan-Malpensa, Minsk, Monastir, Kutaisi, Moscow-Vnukovo, Naples, Pavlodar, Pula, Hannover, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Split, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tivat, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Yerevan and Ust-Kamenogorsk.

Fleet

The UM Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at April 2008):

*4 Antonov An-24
*2 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (which are operated by Khors Aircompany)
*2 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (one aircraft is leased to Air Memphis)
*1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (which is operated for Kish Air)
*2 Tupolev Tu-134A

References

External links

* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=UF&al_op=1 UM Airlines Fleet]