Court refuses recognizing illegal Aviation Service's charging fee from UIA
The Kyiv District Administrative Court has dismissed the claim of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) on recognition illegal the action of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine on charging fees from UIA to the state specialized fund for financing national expenditure on aviation activities in the period from September 2013 to May 2014 inclusive.
The court made the relevant ruling on November 9 and posted it on the website of the unified State Court Rulings Register.
The service said the outstanding debt of Ukraine International Airlines on state aviation fees as of November 21, 2016 stood at UAH 240.298 million.
As reported, on November 11 the main unit of investigators of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau prepared and submitted for approval to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office a statement of suspicion against ex-head of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine [Denys Antoniuk], as well as UIA president [Yuriy Miroshnykov] and the chief accountant of committing a criminal offense under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code (appropriation, embezzlement of property or taking it through abuse of office).
