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UM Airlines
Founded	1998
Hubs	Boryspil International Airport
Frequent flyer program	Ticket-Bonus
Fleet size	8
Destinations	28
Company slogan	Welcome to the new world - A world of discovery and diversity
Headquarters	Kiev, Ukraine
Key people
Website	http://www.umairlines.com/

UM Airlines (also known as Ukrainian - Mediterranean Airlines or UM Air) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It operates domestic services and services to the CIS countries and the Middle East.

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1998 and began operations in June, 2000. It was founded as an open-end joint stock company. In 2003 UM Air had over 500 employees and carried 210,000 passengers. The airline now has 640 staff. The airline operated Airbus A320 airliners in the past. In 2007, the Ukrainian Air Administration has refused to prolong UM Airlines' license because of safety concerns. In September, 2007 the European Commission banned Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines from operating in airspace over the European Union citing safety issues.^[1]. This meand that it is banned for safety reasons from operating services of any kind within the European Union.^[2] In November 2009, the airline was allowed to resume operations with one aircraft by the European Commission.^[3]

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On 26 May 2003 a UM Yak-42-D crashed near Maçka, Trabzon (Turkey) while carrying 62 Spanish troops from Afghanistan to Zaragoza Air Base. All 75 on board died. At the time, the Spanish presence in the ISAF missions was being disputed among the Spanish politicians. There were accusations of the Ministry of Defence hiring cheap unfit crafts. The scandal damaged the image of minister Federico Trillo. Furthermore, in 2004 it was revealed that the corpse identification in the Turkish mountains was rushed and several bodies were delivered to the wrong relatives.

[edit] Services

UM Airlines operates the following services (as of July 2007):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Chernovtsy, Kharkov, Kiev-Boryspil, Simferopol, and Uzhgorod.

International scheduled destinations: Almaty, Amman, Astana, Batumi, Beirut, Damascus, Djerba, Istanbul, Minsk, Monastir, Kutaisi, Moscow-Vnukovo, Pavlodar, Pula, Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh, Split, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tivat, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Yerevan and Ust-Kamenogorsk.

[edit] Fleet

**UM Airlines Fleet (as of 2007) ^[4]**
Aircraft	Total	Notes
Antonov An-24	2
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51	1	Operated by Khors Aircompany Ex-Finnair plane
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	2	One aircraft is operated for Kish Air. One are stored at Jakarta (CGK) and the other at unknow location.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	1	Operated for Kish Air
Tupolev Tu-134A	2	Operated only for VIP flights. Refurbished at Minsk, Belarus.

[edit] References

^ Black list of banned airlines: the European Commission adopts new measures. Press Release, 11 September 2007
^ List of banned E.U. air carriers
^ Three Ukrainian airlines regain right to conduct flights to EU, Kyiv Post (November 27, 2009)
^ CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More

[edit] External links

UM Airlines (Russian) (English)
UM Airlines Fleet

[0] Black list of banned airlines: the European Commission adopts new measures. Press Release, 11 September 2007

[1] List of banned E.U. air carriers

[2] Three Ukrainian airlines regain right to conduct flights to EU, Kyiv Post (November 27, 2009)

[3] CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More

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