Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has launched twice weekly seasonal B737-500 service between Kiev Borispol and Kuwait and will operate on the route until August 20. It will also introduce twice weekly B737-500 service from Kiev Borispol to Abu Dhabi on September 25. It has given up plans to launch a seasonal Simferopol-Munich route however. The government is planning to sell its 62% stake in UIA and will first have to offer the shares to the current minority shareholders Austrian Airlines (OS/Vienna) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) according to an agreement between the three parties.