What are the known potential safety issues flying with Ukranian Airlines AMS-KBP-TLV?

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a) EASA doesn't allow unsafe airlines into their airports (like AMS)

b) On top of that, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), recertified with IOSA just last year

It's as safe as any other airline if you are worried about the planes.

What happened to MH17 was an outlier. You should look at some numbers instead of going "omg civil war ukraine". I recommend the Thinking, Fast and Slow book to study yourself of why are you panicking instead of looking at the numbers.

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It appears Ukraine airlines gets relative poor reviews overall on this site called SkyTrax, a.k.a. "airlinequality.com". They have a bunch of per-airline reviews... I'm not sure how statistically sound the scores are, but it's something.

Also, as @davidvc suggested, I checcked what it says about the legroom, and well, it seems to be sub par. The seat in general is not well-regarded, actually.

Finally, they seem not to include complementary meals on flights and only offer water.

So, it seems more likely like the price difference is due to a difference in service quality rather than security reasons (although that's not proof that there aren't any security issues).

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