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Sep 13, 2016 (newstodate): The name Igor Kolomoyski rings familiar in not only Ukrainian, but also European aviation, and Mr Kolomoyski has now again been connected to certain alleged irregularities.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau has conducted a morning raid at the offices of Ukraine International Airlines, owned by Mr Kolomoyski to gather evidence in a court case against the head of Ukraine's National Aviation Administration.
Allegations are that he has been cooperating with Mr Kolomoyski's UIA in the form of accepting bribes to interfere unlawfully with the operations and flights by another Ukrainian carrier, UM Airlines that has been forced to cancel several flights on its route from Kiev to Tehran, entailing significant economic losses.
In 2011, Mr Kolomoyski acquired 70 percent of shares in the Danish carrier Cimber Sterling through his Cyprus-based investment company Mansvell, injecting 165 mio Danish Kroner into the debt-ridden carrier that had flown on the brink of bankruptcy - and under this new ownership Cimber Sterling received its last blow forcing it to fold its wings in May 2012.
The name of Mr Kolomoyski will also ring familiar at the HQs of Swissport that from June 1, 2006, operated a airport handling JV with Ukraine International Airlines, Swissport Ukraine.
After several twists and turns, Swissport eventually lost all shares in the JV after a prolonged series of trials and court hearings, leaving the JV company renamed Interavia in the hands of Mr Kolomoyski and UIA.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau has conducted a morning raid at the offices of Ukraine International Airlines, owned by Mr Kolomoyski to gather evidence in a court case against the head of Ukraine's National Aviation Administration.
Allegations are that he has been cooperating with Mr Kolomoyski's UIA in the form of accepting bribes to interfere unlawfully with the operations and flights by another Ukrainian carrier, UM Airlines that has been forced to cancel several flights on its route from Kiev to Tehran, entailing significant economic losses.
In 2011, Mr Kolomoyski acquired 70 percent of shares in the Danish carrier Cimber Sterling through his Cyprus-based investment company Mansvell, injecting 165 mio Danish Kroner into the debt-ridden carrier that had flown on the brink of bankruptcy - and under this new ownership Cimber Sterling received its last blow forcing it to fold its wings in May 2012.
The name of Mr Kolomoyski will also ring familiar at the HQs of Swissport that from June 1, 2006, operated a airport handling JV with Ukraine International Airlines, Swissport Ukraine.
After several twists and turns, Swissport eventually lost all shares in the JV after a prolonged series of trials and court hearings, leaving the JV company renamed Interavia in the hands of Mr Kolomoyski and UIA.