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| airline = Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) <br /><small>{{lang|uk|Міжнародні Авіалінії України (МАУ)}}</small>
| logo = Ukraine International Airlines logo.svg
| logo_size =
| IATA = PS
| ICAO = AUI
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| hubs = [[Boryspil_International_Airport|Kyiv–Boryspil]]
| fleet_size = 11
| destinations = <div>
* 80+ (Before the war in 2022) </div>
| parent = {{nowrap|Capital Investment Project LLC (74%)}}
| num_employees =
| founded = 1 October 1992
| commenced = 1994
| ceased = 31 October 2023
| headquarters = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
| key_people = Kyryl Zvonarov, President
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'''Ukraine International Airlines [[Joint Stock Company|PJSC]]''', often shortened to '''UIA''' ({{
==History==
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It was established as an alternative to Ukraine Airlines, a remnant of the Soviet Era in which each country had an operating airline under financial and commercial control of Aeroflot's main office in Moscow until the Soviet Union [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|broke up]] and the airliners on the ground at each airport became the property of the state in which they were grounded. In early 1992, the then Minister for Aviation in Ukraine reached an agreement on the lease of 2 B737-400s from [[Guinness Peat Aviation]] (GPA), an Irish aircraft-leasing company, and the establishment of a new airline to operate at "internationally acceptable standards of Safety, Reliability, and Service between Ukraine and Europe."
In September
It became one of the first "joint ventures with foreign capital" in Ukraine and the first airline in the [[former Soviet Union]] to use then-new [[Boeing 737-400]].{{citation needed|date= May 2017}} The founding shareholders were the Ukrainian Association of Civil Aviation and GPA.
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In 1996, [[Austrian Airlines]] and [[Swissair]] became shareholders, investing US$9 million in new equity.{{citation needed|date= May 2017}}
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{{clarify|date= September 2013}} 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
===Developments since 2013===
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In September 2021, UIA announced plans to add two [[Boeing 777-300]]s to their fleet, primarily for charter operations.<ref name="UIA777">[https://www.aerotelegraph.com/ukraine-international-bekommt-zwei-boeing-777-300-fuer-charterfluege aerotelegraph.com] (German) 10 September 2021.</ref>
====Suspension of operations====
When the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] began in February 2022, the Ukrainian government closed Ukraine's air space for commercial airline operations, severely affecting Ukraine International's
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UIA flight suspension continued till February 19 – UIA (Ukraine) |url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2023/uia-flight-suspension-continued-till-february-19 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=FlyUIA |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2023 |title=UIA extends flight suspension until the lifting of martial law and reopening of ukrainian airspace |url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2023/uia-extends-flight-suspension-until-the-lifting-of-martial-law-and-reopening-of-ukrainian-airspace |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=FlyUIA |language=en}}</ref> As of July 20, 2023, the suspension notice states that flights to and from Ukraine will be suspended "until martial law in Ukraine is lifted, and Ukrainian airspace is reopened".<ref name=":0" />▼
Further suspension extensions were periodically announced, with the current extension announced on 10 April 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2022/uia-continues-suspending-flights-until-may-31-inclusive | title= UPD. UIA continues suspending flights until may 31 inclusive – UIA (Ukraine) }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UIA continues suspending flights until august 23 inclusive – UIA (Ukraine) |url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2022/uia-continues-suspending-flights-until-august-23-inclusive |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=FlyUIA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= UIA flight suspension continued till November 21 – UIA (Ukraine) |url= https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2022/uia-flight-suspension-continued-till-november-21 |access-date= 2022-08-21 |website= FlyUIA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=UIA continues suspending flights until January 11, 2023 inclusive |url= https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2022/uia-continues-suspending-flights-until-january-11-2023-inclusive |date= 2022-10-24 |access-date=2022-12-31 |work=Ukraine International Airlines
▲}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UIA flight suspension continued till February 19 – UIA (Ukraine) |url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/news/2023/uia-flight-suspension-continued-till-february-19 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=FlyUIA |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2023 |title=UIA extends flight suspension until the lifting of martial law and reopening of
In 2023, the assets of the company were sold in an [[auction]] where ''Okealos Company LLC'' acquired the [[trademark]]s of the airline.<ref name="aM">{{cite web |last=Демченко |first=Марія |title=Активи МАУ продають за безцінь. Чи є у компанії майбутнє? |website=Хмарочос |date=31 October 2023 |url=https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2023/10/31/aktyvy-mau-prodayut-za-bezczin-chy-ye-u-kompaniyi-majbutnye/ |language=uk |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref> On 22 November, the Commercial Court of Kyiv City placed company into [[Administration (law)|bankruptcy administration]] due to debt owned to [[Ukreximbank]]. <ref name="avU">{{cite web |title=Суд запустив процедуру банкрутства авіакомпанії МАУ |website=avianews.com |date=26 November 2023 |url=https://www.avianews.com/ukr/ukraina/2023/11/26/ua-court-launched-mau-bankruptcy/ |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="p<A">{{cite web |title=МАУ приземляється, можливо, назавжди. Що відбувається з найбільшою авіакомпанією України? |website=Економічна правда |date=27 November 2023 |url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/publications/2023/11/27/707018/ |language=uk |access-date=16 October 2024}}</ref>
==Corporate affairs==
===Ownership===
In February 2011, the Ukrainian government sold its 61.6% stake in UIA to three existing minority shareholders for [[Ukrainian hryvnia|₴]]287 million (US$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%). Capital Investment Process, in turn, is owned by Ontobet.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UIA now under control of Cyprus based Ontobet Promotions|publisher=ch-aviation|url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/news/15675-uia-now-under-control-of-cyprus-based-ontobet-promotions|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=List of shareholders of UIA (in Ukrainian)|publisher=Ukrainian state register of shareholders|url=http://www.smida.gov.ua/db/participant/14348681|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref> The owners are represented by Aron Mayberg, a business partner of [[Ihor Kolomoyskyi|Igor Kolomoyskyi]] and the former CEO of the bankrupt AeroSvit Airlines, from which partially licences and planes were transferred to Ukraine International Airlines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aron Mayberg: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=51663044&privcapId=27721200&previousCapId=27721200&previousTitle=AeroSvit+Airlines,+CJSC|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>
Yuri Miroshnikov
▲Yuri Miroshnikov is stepping down as president of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) on 12 September after 15 years of managing Ukraine's national carrier and working for UIA since 1993. [[Yevhenii Dykhne]] will take on the leadership role at UIA from 18 September 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Loss-making Ukraine International Airlines appoints new president|url=https://www.aerotime.aero/clement.charpentreau/23921-loss-making-ukraine-international-airlines-appoints-new-president|website=www.aerotime.aero|date=10 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 September 2019|title=New president for Ukraine International Airlines|url=http://www.rusaviainsider.com/new-president-ukraine-international-airlines/|website=Russian Aviation Insider}}</ref>
===Business figures===
As of 22 June 2016, the ownership structure is registered as the following: 74.1627% Capital Investment Project, Ukraine and 15.9108% Ontobet Promotions Ltd, [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=АТ "МІЖНАРОДНІ АВІАЛІНІЇ УКРАЇНИ" - Smida|url=http://www.smida.gov.ua/db/participant/14348681 |website=www.smida.gov.ua}}</ref> 2016 was the second year in a row that the company made a loss, despite seeing growth in passengers. According to a February statement by company head Yuri Miroshnikov, UIA was struggling to stay profitable in the face of growing competition from budget airlines. In 2017, the company recorded a ₴304 million loss.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2019|title=Ukraine International Airlines loses nearly $100 million | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/business/ukraine-international-airlines-net-loss-up-by-nine-times.html|website=KyivPost}}</ref> Ukraine International Airlines posted a net loss of almost ₴2.7 billion (about $100 million) in 2018, or about nine times more than it lost in 2017, Ukrainian media reported on 25 March, citing a UIA investor report.{{cn|date=July 2024}} As of 2019, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was to slow down its expansion plans to stabilise its financial performance and climb out of the red.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 February 2019|title=Ukraine International places financial stability ahead of fleet expansion|url=http://www.rusaviainsider.com/ukraines-flag-carrier-places-financial-stability-ahead-expansion/}}</ref> The head of the state air traffic regulator of Ukraine stated at 8 November 2019 that UIA owes them ₴1 billion of unpaid fees and penalties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Голова Украероруху розповів про суму боргу авіакомпанії МАУ|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2019/11/8/653504/|website=Економічна правда}}</ref>
==Destinations==
Before suspending operations, UIA
▲UIA connects Ukraine to over 80 destinations in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and the [[Middle East]], as well as to New York City<ref name="auto1" /> and Toronto<ref name="auto" /> from its base at [[Boryspil International Airport|Boryspil Airport]], and also operates domestic flights. UIA serves over 1000 flights per week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Информация о МАУ - Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)|url=http://www.flyuia.com/rus/about/ukraine-international-airlines/mau/introduction.html|access-date=2017-07-27|website=www.flyuia.com|language=en}}</ref>
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) was forced to make some involuntary changes to its summer 2019 flight schedules, with reduced frequencies and capacity on some selected routes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 April 2019|title=B737 MAX delays force UIA to amend its flight schedules|url=http://www.rusaviainsider.com/b737-max-delays-force-uia-amend-flight-schedules/}}</ref> Although not officially a [[budget airline]], many of UIA's worldwide flights are popular with travellers because of its low fares, they use [[Boryspil International Airport]] as a [[transport hub]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Iran plane crash: Ukraine International Airline jet crashes killing 176|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51029994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108141107/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51029994|archive-date=8 January 2020|access-date=8 January 2020|work=[[BBC News]]|date=8 January 2020 }}</ref>
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==Fleet==
[[File:Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800; UR-PSC@FRA;16.07.2011 609cb (6190436812).jpg|thumb|UIA [[Boeing 737-800]]]]
[[File:Ukraine International Airlines, UR-EMB, ERJ-190-100STD (16783957520).jpg|thumb|UIA [[Embraer E-Jet family|Embraer E190]]]]
===Current fleet===
{{As of|2024|7}}, the Ukraine International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:{{Cn|date=October 2024}}
▲[[File:UR-GEA@PEK_(20200408075709).jpg|thumb|UIA [[Boeing 767-300ER]]]]
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|168
|186
|Stored
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|[[Boeing 737-900ER]]
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|215
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|[[Boeing 767-300ER]]
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|261
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|[[Embraer 190]]
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|104
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|[[Embraer 195]]
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|108
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!Total
!11
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===Former fleet===
Ukraine International Airlines previously consisted of the following aircraft:
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==Accidents and incidents==
{{Main|Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752}}
On 8 January 2020, [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] was shot down by the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]] (IRGC) of Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport. The IRGC attributed it to human error. The aircraft involved, UR-PSR, was a three-year-old [[Boeing 737 Next Generation#737-800|Boeing 737-800]].
==See also==
{{Portal|Aviation|Companies|Ukraine}}▼
*[[List of airlines of Ukraine]]
*[[Transport in Ukraine]]
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