UIA to boost fleet to 50 planes by 2018

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"UIA now has 42 planes. Most likely, this figure will be 50 aircraft in 2018," he said at a press conference.

Read alsoUkSATSE: Ukraine's transit potential tends to zero amid Donbas warIn his connection, UIA needs its own hangar.

"As there is no hangar, we should send planes abroad for maintenance. Accordingly, we spend money on technical flights and do not create jobs that we can create. A hangar is an urgent need," he said.

UNIAN memo. UIA is founded in 1992. It flies to the capitals and major cities in Europe, Asia, Africa, the CIS, and the United States.