He has headed Ukraine International Airlines since 2004. He started his career in 1986 as an engineer at the Boryspil united air group. He later became the chief expert at Ukraine’s State Air Transport Department and an aide to the president of Ukraine International Airlines. He was the company’s vice president for commerce from 1994 to 1999 and the first deputy president from 1999 to 2004. Education: the Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers and the IATA’s institute for training aviation professionals.