UKIA
 

Hi

I am new to the group and would like to know if anyone has heard about a new airline called UK International Airlines???

:confused: :confused:

Nice Name
 

Interesting to see who they are and what they intend to do.

I understand this is Excel using a Viking MD-83 at NEMA for this summer, but not branding it as Excel or Viking but as UK International Airlines. I presume to help get rid of the stigma casued by the MD83 Scandic / Viking farce last summer ?

Hasn't Excel cancelled the lease application for the Viking MD80, and instead gone for a Greek registered a/c? (SXBSW?)

This may weel be true, but I think VIKING are in the process of setting up a NEMA base and Excel are training crew dual on MD83 and B738.

I heard UKIA has applied for their AOC this year

SX-BSW is being leased from Viking (ex SE-RDH)

:ugh: I am yet to know about this UKIA as one of my friend told me that they advertised for all sorts of posts in a Manchester based Asian Channel called DM Digital

UKIA
 

Try the astac website and look in their news section, they are the consultants for UKIA it looks like they're using 767s, captains names there also

B767 = flyWHO

Thanks for the Astac website.

There was a post here with a link to an amaturish website featuring some cobbled together pictures of UN 767s (and one 777!!!) with "UKIA" photo-shopped onto the side.

I think some fantasies are being indulged here!!

UK International Air Lines
 

In that infamous monthly tome of spotter community, the latest issue of "Airliner World", it is suggested that "UK International Air Lines" have already have secured two ex-United 767-200ERs and are after another two, and will start to operate services later this year from LGW, MAN and EMA to Islamabad, Lahore and Sharjah, with their launch being from EMA.

Anyone know anymore???

Andy

Do they have any website???I have tried to search them through the search engines but no results....

There is an ad for a 767 "Captain" based Sheffield on an american job site but the advert was full of grammar errors, certainly enough to think it will be a non starter :\

AOC/Company registration? If not, then I think not.

Is this the airline that was rumoured to start from EMA sometime ago to ISB?

bacardi walla, Thought flyWHO are flying L1011's not 767's???

Also dont think this is anything to the proposed start up Air Tigra that was mentioned a few months ago.

Any updates or inside info available????

Regads

Stu

UK International Airlines/Air Tigra
 

UK International Airlines is the proposed new name for what was first listed as Air Tigra. 2 X7 767's were being sought for operations from NEMA to Islamabad and other Pakistan destinations. There is also a main thrust to operate into SHJ and via SHJ etc.

Current HQ is in Sheffield at the Queensland Furniture Store in Queensland Road. Sheffield

Can anyone throw anymore light on the progress of their AOC application, Hiring of Crews etc etc or when they intend to start up as this operation was intended to start up a long time ago! Many people have been very critical of this company and how it goes about its business?

UKIA
 

hi anybody heard of this new airline UKIA going to dubai from EMA....... believe it when we see it :ugh:

This is all I can find:------

Astac Aviation Solutions
Posted 2/5/2006 @ 16:0


Progresses the establishment of a new airline at Nottingham East Midlands Airport operating Boeing 767 aircraft.

Under the direction of Graham Mimms, Astac Aviation solutions is undertaking much of the development work for the new airline called U.K. International Airlines Limited (UKIA) The work includes the preparation for and submission for the Air Operators Certificate, Airline Operators Licence as well as providing aircraft technical advice

Graham Mimms has put together a team of industry professionals to work on this project including Captain John Barnes (Acting Chief Pilot and Chief Training Captain) and Mervyn Nicholl as Technical advisor. Paul Hinchcliffe is providing UKIA with CAA liaison for financial fitness and licensing arrangements.

John Barnes and Mervyn Nicholl are type rated on Boeing 767 aircraft and both previously worked with Graham Mimms at European Aviation Air Charter where Graham held the post of PA to the Managing Director where he was primarily responsible for the introduction of the Boeing 747 Classic aircraft into the company fleet which operated world wide.

Graham Mimms is also positioning Astac Aviation Solutions to develop other aviation professional training activities in the near future including Crew Resource Management, Airport and Airline Security, Flight Despatch Training and Cabin Service Consultancy.

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hey all there is a web site for the above sent them a email they are confident that they will start at the end of the year with flights to pakistan then dubai concerning ryanair they are to base further aircraft, at the moment they are evalauting the current routes there will be a announcement made in september with further expansion p.s i hope excel ger rid of that md80 we paying out more claims with delayed flight then ever before
cheers paul

Thanks for thiat Paul.

FR - you know how many possible new aircraft?

I would appreciate a PM if anyone has an email address for John Barnes please.

Their website is xxx.xxx

Websites that sell tickets can help support PPRuNe by contacting: http://www.pprune.org/advert.php . Our paid advertisers prefer it that way. :)

Thought John Barnes had gone to Jamaica ? :\

MAFP - I do not know! Only looking at post #20.

EMA Start up Airline
 

Hello pruners
I was looking for information on this start-up airline on pprune this morning, however couldn't see any threads. I had a chat with recruit agency yesterday, though info is a little vague. Apparently they plan to start operations end of October ( a tad ambitious I thought !!!! ), from EMA with 4 x 767, to UAE/ Pakistan. Backers are a wealthy Asian consortium. Are advertising for pilots and engineers, though no mention of cabin crew or any support/admin staff.
Any ideas ?
Long live the dog :)

I had seen this posted on the Airlines/Airports/Routes "East Midlands EMA" forum recently actually about routes down to/via DXB.

The airline is UK International Airlines, which was formely Air Tigra

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Sadly, with a website like that, nobody will take them seriously. My own websites are more professional looking that this outfit IMHO :uhoh:

It's just a template, I give them about 2 months on the evidence so far.

Not short of optimism, they have a frequent flyer login:eek:
Aircraft image on the site looks like a photoshopped United Airlines:8

. . still with flight deck windows covered . . . :)

1. Their website advertisement removed is registered to
Munawar Khaliq
Queens Road
308-318
S2 4DL
Sheffield
+44.1142731115
+44.1142730933
[email protected]
Registered on September 11th 2005.
2 days later the name was registered with Companies House. Their first return is due in October 2006.
2. Tigragroup
Mr Munawar gives a tigragroup mailing address.
Visit this address to see another incarnation of the airline.
3. Their alternate webside avertising removed is registered to
Gohar Latif Butt
UK International Airlines
LG 63 Hafeez Centre Gulberg III
Lahore,Punjab,PK 44000
[email protected]
+92.425877775
on 4th June 2006 at 0320 hrs
Their technical coordinator is based in Islamabad.
As a crewmember possibly applying for a job, financial fitness and CAA issuance of a valid AOC is the key test. Suggest you request to view the appropriate certificate before spending time and money of your own.
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Cheers,
The AA&R Mods

Links copied and pasted without due thought - point taken Mods - my apologies.

:confused: :ugh:
They mainly sell second hand PCs and reconditioned mobile phones in this shopping center...Shall i trust any airline with any registartion links to this rather crafty center???I would rather not.:=

Are they for real? the website is so cheap and unprofessional.

It looks completely rubbish

UK International Airlines
 

Was having a look on Flight International at the jobs and this (YET ANOTHER) new UK start up is advertising positions.

I had a look at their website and it appears to be rather GASH to say the least.

I'm guessing the link might get removed but here goes anyway:

So am I slow on the uptake of this one or does anyone know anything about them??

As an experiment I tried to get a price for a flight from LGW to DXB in a few weeks. It either said no flights that day (every day I tried) or if I hit "Next day" it said that date had already passed (it hadn't). So I looked for a schedule to help choose a date - and couldn't immediatly find one. Perhaps they aren't flying anywhere yet?