Ukraine International Airlines is to expand its fleet and network later this year, enabling the airline’s cargo division to also grow its services.
“Currently, we are significantly expanding our capacities: in 2018, we will add four new Boeing 777-200ER aircraft to our fleet, which will operate the route to Israel and replace the 767-300 on routes to the US, China and Thailand,” said Peter Kukharchuk, director of cargo and mail at Ukraine International Airlines. “There will also be new, additional services to India, Egypt and Canada. And the available space for cargo and mail on our pax services will increase by 39% compared to 2017.”
UIA Cargo was established in 1993 and provides air freight services for mail as well as fresh, live and valuable commodities. The carrier transported approximately 11,127 tonnes of cargo in 2016, including food, seafood, flowers, medical products and equipment, animals, machine components, spare parts, clothes and valuables.
“Looking back at 25 years of Ukraine International Airlines, I am particularly proud of our extraordinary quality standards and proven flexibility in adapting to new market requirements,” said Kukharchuk. “The ardent commitment of our young teams and dedicated partners helped to shape the commercial and operational DNA of our enterprise. However, our ongoing success is also partly due to our longstanding partnership with ECS Group, one of the largest integrated GSSAs worldwide. With its competent and dynamic workforce and its large network of offices and subsidiaries in more than 47 countries, ECS Group has significantly contributed to the healthy growth of our international business.”
In the next few years, UIA plans to continue the synchronization of business processes and partnerships within the airline’s extended supplier network, and will develop new e-commerce concepts to provide easy and customer-friendly access to its entire range of logistics products.
Ukraine International Airlines began operations on November 25, 1992 with a passenger flight from Kiev to London.
