Ukraine International Airlines’ aircraft at Boryspil International Airport in Kyiv on June 11, 2017.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has started the process of firing 900 of its employees, and plans to reduce the size of its long-haul fleet, UIA President Yevhen Dykhne has said in a statement. The national carrier’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine that UIA has already begun the process of staff reduction in accordance with the law, which will require a minimum of two months notice. The airline announced on May 28 that it had started the process of dismissing 900 workers because of the lockdown. Dykhne said in a statement the carrier was “taking all possible measures to reduce costs and generate income” and that the company would also reduce the size of its fleet of planes.
Dykhne said in his statement: “Now the company’s management is taking all possible measures to reduce costs and generate income from single flights. Our goal is to preserve the company and key personnel, in particular flight crews. Unfortunately, a significant decrease in the airline’s activities resulted in a forced reduction of 900 UIA highly professional employees,” UIA President Yevhen Dykhne said.
