OREANDA-NEWS. June 17, 2013, the new IOSA Certificate which Ukraine International Airlines received based on the results of International Air Transport Association (IATA) follow-up audit for the carrier`s compliance with the highest operational safety standards, will take legal effect.

This year, UIA has once again successfully completed the audit for modern operational safety requirements compliance and received yet another – fifth for the leading Ukrainian carrier –IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) Certificate confirming the most prestigious international aviation organization has a high opinion of UIA operations.

IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program was developed by IATA with leading aviation industry experts involved and introduced in 2003. The IOSA program is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline and aimed at increasing operational safety on a global scale, audit principles and auditors` requirements standardization, establishing a secure network of audit results` dissemination, as well as mandatory audits systems` optimization.

IOSA audit covers all aspects of an airline operations affecting flight safety, including maintenance and flight operation, ground handling, cargo transportation, and company management. A thorough check of UIA operating personnel training on the simulator, a blue flight as part of the crew, surveys of standards and procedures of passenger service and aviation safety requirements compliance at check-in, baggage and cargo loading were conducted at Kiev Boryspil International airport – UIA base airport.

In 2005 UIA was the first airline in the CIS and the 51st of 265 IATA members to have successfully completed the IOSA audit. According to IATA requirements IOSA audit is to be conducted on biannual basis while operational safety regulations are regularly tightened.

“Flight safety is number 1 priority for UIA, – noted Georgy Zotov, UIA Vice President Quality Management. – The fact UIA has successfully completed the remarkably demanding IOSA audit proves UIA has such a management structure and a corporate culture that contribute to the best operational safety practices active promotion. We will continue to improve the internal standards of operational safety and quality, simultaneously maintaining the airline`s leading position on Ukrainian and international markets of passenger and cargo air transportation”.

For more information on IOSA audit please visit IATA official website http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/safety/audit/iosa/Pages/operator.aspx?c=AUI