Ukrainian Cargo Airways

The airline was established in July 1997 and started operations in January 1998 using decommissioned aircraft of the Ukrainian air force.

Since 1998, UCA have been used to fulfil UN programmes in Yugoslavia (Kosovo) and Africa (Sierra Leone, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) to deliver relief cargo, transport peacekeeping troops and evacuate refugees.

The airline was shut down by the Ukrainian civil aviation authority over safety concerns in 2009.

air carriers which means that it was banned for safety reasons from operating services of any kind within the E.U.

[1] The Ukrainian Cargo Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at August 2006): A Ukrainian Cargo Airways Ilyushin Il-76 was seen in the third series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, being used to smuggle drugs inside Lada cars.