OREANDA-NEWS. On 20 April 2009 was announced, that during summer 2009 navigation season Ukraine International Airlines offer its passengers new opportunities for tourism. Owing to cooperation with the leading Ukrainian travel agencies – "TourTess Travel", "Pegas Touristic", "Voyage- Kiev", "Coral Travel", "Karya Tour", "Anex Tour" etc. – UIA holds the leading position on the Ukrainian charter market.

The geography of the flights to seaside destinations was widened. UIA added new destinations in Greece (Iraklion) and Tunicia (Djerba) to such traditionally popular as Egypt (Taba, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Hurghada), Turkey (Antalia, Bodrum, Dalaman), Tunisia (Monastir), Bulgaria (Varna, Burgas), Montenegro (Tivat) and Croatia (Split, Pula, Dubrovnik).

For the period of May holidays UIA offers its passengers the wide choice of charters from Kiev to Italy (Forly), Greece (Iraklion), Maldives (Male), Tunisia (Monastir, Djerba).

The most popular charter destination in summer 2009 is Turkey. UIA will operate charters to Antalia not only from Kiev but from Lvov, Odessa, Kharkov, Zaporozhie and Simferopol. The geography of charters operated from the regions of Ukraine also includes Egypt (from Lvov to Hurghada and from Odessa to Sharm-el-Sheikh), Poland (Lvov-Tivat) and Italy (Lvov-Bologna).

By 2008 results UIA won the nomination The Best Ukrainian Airline and got the annual award established by Ukrainska Turystychna Gazeta.