Ukraine International Airlines

Infobox_Airline
airline=Ukraine International Airlines
Міжнародні Авіалінії України
logo=Ukraine International Airlines logo.svg
logo_size=200
IATA=PS
ICAO=AUI
callsign=UKRAINE INTERNATIONAL
parent=State Property Fund of Ukraine
founded=1 October 1992
headquarters=Kiev, Ukraine
key_people=
hubs=Boryspil International Airport (KBP)
frequent_flyer=Panorama Club
lounge=
alliance=
fleet_size=15
destinations=27
website=http://www.flyuia.com/

CJSC "Ukraine International Airlines" ( _uk. ЗАТ "Авіакомпанія "Міжнародні Авіалінії України"), "Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny", IPA| [ˌmiʒnaˈrodni ˌɑviɑˈliniji ˌukraˈjinɪ] ) is the flag carrier of Ukraine, based in Kiev. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services to cities in western Europe. Its main base is Boryspil International Airport (KBP).

History

The airline was established on October 1, 1992, and started operations on November 25, 1992. It was one of the first joint ventures with foreign capital in Ukraine and was the first airline in the CIS to introduce new Boeing 737 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. In 2000, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development became a shareholder by investing $5.4 million. The airline is owned by Austrian Airlines (22,5%), Aer Cap (6%), EBRD (9,9%) and the State Property Fund of Ukraine (61,6%).Its growth plans that included expansion into Eastern Europe and North America were brought to a halt by a rapid expansion of its domestic rival, private Aerosvit Airlines. As the routes it was intending to introduce had already been taken up by its more aggressive competitor, Ukraine International has had to concentrate on its core Western European destinations.

Destinations

Ukraine International Airlines operates the following services (at June 2008):

Domestic scheduled destinations:
*Kyiv (Boryspil International Airport)
*Lviv (Lviv International Airport)
*Simferopol (Simferopol Airport)
*Odesa (Odessa Airport)

European scheduled destinations:
*Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
*Barcelona (Barcelona International Airport)
*Berlin (Tegel International Airport)
*Brussels (Brussels Airport)
*Dusseldorf (Düsseldorf International Airport)
*Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
*Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa Airport)
*Lisbon (Portela Airport)
*London (London Gatwick Airport)
*Madrid (Barajas International Airport)
*Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
*Nice (Nice Côte d'Azur Airport)
*Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
*Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
*Vienna (Vienna International Airport)
*Zürich (Zürich International Airport)

Southwest Asia scheduled destinations:
*Istanbul (Istanbul Ataturk International Airport)
*Tbilisi (Tbilisi International Airport)

Middle East scheduled destinations:
*Doha (Doha International Airport)
*Dubai (Dubai International Airport)
*Kuwait (Kuwait International Airport)
*Sharm el Sheikh (Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport)

Fleet

Ukraine International Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008):

*1 Antonov An-24 - the airline does not include this aircraft in its official fleet
*4 Boeing 737-300 seats: 132 (34/89), retrofit with winglets started in March 2008 (UR-GAH)
*5 Boeing 737-400 seats:167,
*5 Boeing 737-500 seats: 102 (18/84)
*1 Boeing 737-300 Cargo

External links

* [http://www.flyuia.com/eng/ Ukraine International Airlines - official web-site]
* [http://www.avianews.com/airlines/dir/u/ukraine_international/aircraft.htm Ukraine International Airlines Fleet]

References