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Ukraine International Airlines (Ukrainian: Міжнародні Авіалінії України, Mizhnarodni Avialiniyi Ukrayiny, [ˌmiʒnaˈrodni ˌɑviɑˈliniji ˌukraˈjinɪ]) is a state airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services to some cities in western Europe. Its main base is Boryspil International Airport (KBP).
[edit] History
The airline was established on 1 October 1992 and started operations on 25 November 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 ambitious 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 had to concentrate on its core Western European destinations.
[edit] Services
Ukraine International Airlines operates the following services (December 2006):
Domestic scheduled destinations:
European scheduled destinations:
Southwest Asia scheduled destinations:
Middle East scheduled destinations:
Ukraine International Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at December 2006):
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