OREANDA-NEWS. Effective 1 April 2011, UIA will now be flying to Edinburgh up to five times per week thanks to code-share cooperation with UK airline partner British Midland International. With this new comfortable routing via Brussels, UIA now links not only these two prestigious cities, Kiev and Edinburgh, but also provides excellent connections between Edinburgh and Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa and Simferopol, reported the press-centre of UIA.

Reservations and ticket sales are now available for travel commencing 1 April 2011.

"As Ukraine's leading air carrier, UIA is delighted to link Kiev with its twin city of Edinburgh and strengthen its relationship between these two great cities", said Simon Bundle, UIA Vice President for International Affairs. "It's yet another first for UIA!"

Joerg Hennemann, Chief Commercial Officer, British Midland International, commented:
"Connecting to Scotland just got easier for travelers to and from the Ukraine. We are delighted to be working with UIA as we further expand bmi's global connectivity".