Ukraine’s national airline has announced a pretty cool way that those around the globe can support the airline, all while keeping planes and crews safe.
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Still waiting for my refund from Aerosvit.
And if you think tracing Aman hotel ownership is fun, try UIA.
Just because it isn't called Aeroflot doesn't mean there are no ties to Russia.
Former Soviet have oligarchs everywhere.
I do not trust the maintenance of that airline and don't know about the pilots and cabin crew. Better to wet lease US and EU airlines.
I believe at least some of the planes were flown out of Ukraine prior to the airspace being closed while others were left in Ukraine. So it's likely a mixed bag.
What a ridiculous comment. The airline has had no accidents in its 30 year history. Your bias over even the name "Ukraine" clearly shows.
Would really cool if the top 15 airlines around the globe took 2-3 planes and wet lease these planes for 60-90 days. Unions could give a 1x exception.
No real impact on unions when you have hundreds of planes in a fleet. And just the right thing to do.
UIA has an excellent safety record and the planes are mostly new(ish). It would be mainly 737NG and a few Embraer planes, since the 767 is stranded in KBP if I'm not mistaken.
The only one fatal incident involving Ukraine International Airlines is the flight 752 shot down by missiles in Tehran, Iran (another terrorist country like Russia) back in 2020. While the airline did not "have no accidents" in its history, the crash cannot be attributed to the airline and it has nothing to do with maintenance or crews.
There is another airline with similar name, Pakistan International Airlines, who has a very poor track record and is actually banned from US and UK airspace.
so you don't trust an airline that did not have a single big incident in the last 30 years?