Would You Fly Ukraine International Airlines Business Class To Europe?

I have flown UIA's business class several times between NYC and Kiev. They used to use the 767 on this route, and its business class was not impressive. Recently they changed to a 777. Business class in this airplane is awesome. Relatively new planes, seats that fold flat for sleeping, good food and drink, and flight attendants who are pleasant and nice to look at. The price is reasonable too. This ticket is now my first choice when flying from NY to Ukraine.

I'm agree with Gary, save your nervous cells and buy tickets elsewhere. Booked tickets 3 months prior my flight NYC-Kiev-NYC. Main reason of my trip to exchange my passport to the new last name after the marriage( apparently you can do only in country origin) A month before my trip I needed to change a date of return- $250 fee! Even though I had traveling insurance purchased with them. Notified the company that I will be coming back with new passport dew to marriage 50$ each ways plus the difference of the price the day off! Which could be $1000 dollars. I called Delta, KLM, Airfrance, Lufthansa same services free of charge just e-mail them a photocopy of the new passport! It's a 3 weeks to the day of my flight , I asked them to refund me my fair, let's see what they will charge for that. Going to buy new tickets now, with different company. Will have to have connected flight but don't have to deal with those ennormous fees and stress. Nobody likes to be ripped off UIA !

Business class seat looks like an old wheelchair.

WARNING !!! Fly UIA at your own risk and peril. It is one of the absolute WORST airlines in the entire world...in just about every respect. I'm speaking from a ton of experience too. I've taken more than a dozen flights on UIA...both domestically and internationally...and the best (and most accurate) description I can offer is "bottom of the barrel cattle cars" that make the "US carrier cattle cars" look and feel like palaces fit for a king. And just last year (2016) UIA came up with yet a new scheme to fatten its bottom line that...if you're not extremely careful when you buy your tickets...will end whacking you with baggage fees that are 50 euros ($50.00 USD at current exchange rates) per bag EACH WAY. This will happen if you buy one of UIA's "hand baggage only" fares, which are the cheapest fares they sell. Many aggregator/comparison websites (like Kayak, Priceline, Vayama, etc) don't disclose this quirk in advance either. Instead, they will sell you these cheap seats (because they are really cheap) and then you get a rude awakening when you check in and find out your checked bag will cost you 50 euros each way. The lesson: check the UIA website itself BEFORE you buy ANY ticket on UIA to make sure you won't get caught in this trap. Bottom line: If you're taking a domestic flight from Kiev to Kharkov or Odessa (only an hour each way) UIA is tolerable...but not fun. If you're going anywhere else, take any other airline. And don't say you weren't warned if you don't take my advice.

I fly UIA on the London-Kiev route very frequently, it is honestly no worse than other european airlines. The planes are old Lufthansa in case of the Boeing 737 (I think thats the model), meaning seats in business are economy seats with the middle row left empty. They offer complimentary water in the economy class and full meals in Business. The hostesses don't speak English that well (even compared to Aeroflot), but that doesn't seem to lead to serious communication issues. But I don't know, since I speak Russian. Their European flights do have a tendency to be delayed, not so for domestic (I flew Kiev to Odessa and back a couple of time), not sure about long haul. As far as I know their long haul product is both ne leastwer and better quality standard, including flat beds in business at least on their Kiev-Bangkok route.