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Ukraine International Airli nes 

Ukraine International Airlines PJSC,^[a] often shortened to UIA,^[b] is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ukraine,^[1] with its head office in Kyiv^[2] a nd its main hub at Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport. It operated domestic and international passenger flights and cargo services to Europe, the Middle East, the United States,^[3] Canada,^[4] and Asia. Due to Russia's 2022 invasion, all flights have been cancelled since 24 February 2022. The airline has ceased all operations, and the fleet has been parked at Kyiv Boryspil except for one Embraer 190, UR-EMC, parked in Odessa.^[5][6] The airline will not operate until the war ends and the ban on civilian flights in Ukrainian airspace is lifted. Resumption of operations also depends on whether the fleet of aircraft—or a sufficient share of it—remains intact throughout

 the war.

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 operations. The airline suspended their flights from 24 February of that year, hoping to restart them by 23 March,^[18][19][20] before extending the suspension until the end of May 2022. Castellón–Costa Azahar Airport in Spain became a storage facility for their fleet of six Boeing 737 aircraft.^[21]

Further suspension extensions were periodically announced, with the current extension announced on 10 April 2023.^{[22][23][24][25][26][27]} 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".^[27]

In 2023, the assets of the company were sold in an auction where Okealos Company LLC acquired the trademarks of the airline.^[28] On 22 November, the Commercial Court of Kyiv City placed the company into bankruptcy  administration due to debt owed to Ukreximbank.^[29][30]

In 2024, seven planes of the airline were seized by the Ukrainian tax authorities.

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 737-800. All 167 passengers and 9 crew members on board died.^[50] The crash was the first and only fatal crash in the history of Ukraine International Airlines.