Airlines - A to Z (U - March 2023)

The goal is to create a compendium of ALL the airlines from A to Z (and numbers), using both Google Streetview (ground level views), Google Photo Sphere (ground level views), and Google Earth (top down views). Each month, we'll go through a different letter of the alphabet (A, B, C, ... G...Z) and everyone will share google streetview/photo sphere links and/or google earth kml files (and a pic thereof) of an airplane airline showing the livery of an airline/organization whose name starts with the letter of that month (example: A = American Airlines, C = Copa Airlines, I = Icelandair), etc. The plane must be on the ground (parked or taxiing). You may need to go into historical imagery to find defunct airlines!

When posting - please include the Airline Name at the top and a little information about the airline.
For Google Earth: coordinates and date
For Street View: link and date
For Photo Sphere: link

Last month, we had another great month -> we posted airlines that started with the letter T and found 209 airlines!

This month, March 2023, we enter a stretch of difficult letters at the end of the alphabet - we will be posting airlines that start with the letter U!

Happy Hunting!

CURRENT LIST OF AIRLINES [as of 11/16/2023] - 59 Airlines!
Key: 🌎 = Google Earth/Maps Find | 📷 = Google Street View | 🖼️ = Photo Sphere Find

Contributors: willi1 and SpiderX22

U Airlines [🌎]
Uganda Airlines [🌎🖼️]
UIA Cargo [🌎]
Uirapuru Taxi Aereo [🖼️]
UK International Airlines [🌎]
Ukraine Air Alliance [🌎]
Ukraine Airlines [🌎]
Ukrainian Air Force [🌎🖼️]
Ukrainian Government [🌎🖼️]
Ukrainian Wings [🌎]
U-Land Airlines [🖼️]
Ulendo Airlink [🖼️]
ULS Airlines Cargo [🌎]
Ultimate Air Shuttle [🌎🖼️]
Ultimate Heli [🌎🖼️]
Ultimate Jet [🖼️]
Ultra Air [🌎📷🖼️]
UmzaXpress [🖼️]
Uni Air [🌎🖼️]
Uniair Táxi Aéreo [🖼️]
Union de Transports Aériens [🌎]
United Aero Helicopters [🌎🖼️]
United Airlines [🌎]
United Airways (Bangladesh) [🌎]
United Aviation (Libya) [🌎]
United Aviation Services [📷]
United Express [📷]
United Helicharters [🌎🖼️]
United Kingdom Government [🌎🖼️]
United Launch Alliance [🖼️]
United Nations Humanitarian Air Service [🌎🖼️]
United Nigeria Airlines [🖼️]
United States Air Force [🌎📷🖼️]
United States Army Aviation Branch [🌎📷]
United States Coast Guard (USCG) [🌎📷]
United States Department of Commerce [📷]
United States Marine Corps Aviation (USMC) [🌎📷]
United States Navy (USN) [🌎📷]
Uni-Top Airlines [🌎]
Unity Air [🖼️]
Uniworld Air Cargo [🖼️]
Up [🌎]
Upper Valley Aviation [🖼️]
UPS Airlines [🌎📷]
UR Airlines [🖼️]
Uraiavia [🌎]
Ural Airlines [🌎🖼️]
Urumqi Air [🌎🖼️]
US Airways [🌎]
US Airways Express [🌎📷]
USA Jet Airlines [🌎📷]
USA3000 Airlines [🌎]
USAir [🌎📷]
US-Bangla Airlines [🖼️]
Utah Airways [🖼️]
Utair [🌎📷]
UVT Aero [🌎🖼️]
Uzbekistan Airways [🌎]
Uzbekistan Airways Express [🖼️]

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States, one of 8 military branches. It is the world's largest air force, operating over 5000 military aircraft.

In Google Earth we see a Boeing VC-25, which is used by the President to travel around the world. Seen in Street View is a collection of aircraft operated by the USAF as seen at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Ohio: an A-10 Thunderbolt II and a C-130 Hercules. In Photo Sphere is one of the USAF VIP aircraft taking off from Kyiv. 

GE 34°54'50.85"N 92° 8'12.29"W (6/10/2020)
Street View (Aug 2019) | Photo Sphere

Unity Air is a Ghanese airline operating charter flights in the Accra area.

Photo Sphere

Ukraine International Airlines is a Ukrainian airline. It was established as the successor to Air Ukraine's international services to offer flights between Kiev and Western Europe.

47.446624° 8.565796°

8/16/2018

ULS Airlines Cargo, formerly Kuzu Airlines Cargo, is a Turkish cargo airline

47.445320° 8.562192°

4/7/2017

U-Land Airlines was a Taiwanese low-cost carrier based in Taipei. Ceased operations June 2000

PS Link

Uirapuru Taxi Aereo  is a charter operator in Fortaleza , Brazil

PS Link

Ural Airlines is a Russian airline based in Yekaterinburg

53.537859° 9.824151°

4/3/2021

GM Link (Sep 2016)

Uzbekistan Airways is the national airline of Uzbekistan based in Tashkent

43.055452° 74.470847°

5/30/2019

Mar 1, 2023 10:09:37 GMT willi1 said:

Uzbekistan Airways is the national airline of Uzbekistan based in Tashkent

43.055452° 74.470847°

5/30/2019

Found a little higher res version here: 40°38'34.10"N 73°46'49.70"W (5/23/2018)

Ukraine Air Alliance is a cargo airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. This specific plane (UR-DWF) crashed in Algeria in 2014 killing all 7 occupants.

GE 52°27'3.66"N 1°45'1.88"W (9/28/2011)

The Ukrainian Government currently operates two aircraft and has historically operated multiple others. Seen here is one of their former aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-134 on display at the Ukraine State Aviation Museum in Kyiv.

GE 50°24'24.39"N 30°27'34.36"E (10/30/2021)
Photo Sphere

Up was a low cost Israeli airline that operated from 2013 to 2018

GE 47°25'58.80"N 19°15'34.59"E (7/9/2016)

United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, managed by the World Food Programme, uses a fleet of 75 aircraft and helicopters to provide aid around the world.

GE 8°58'52.83"N 38°47'5.52"E (2/2022)
Photo Sphere

United States Army Aviation Branch is the aviation branch of the United States Army, operating over 3000 helicopters and almost 200 aircraft.

Seen in Google Earth is Simmons Army Airfield, a large army helicopter base in North Carolina, and in Google Streetview is Marshall Army Airfield, also operating large numbers of helicopters out of Kansas.

GE 35° 8'6.29"N 78°56'38.73"W (9/30/2018)

Street View (Jul 2022)

Urumqi Air is a low-cost airline based out of Urumqi, China, operating since 2014.

GE 43°54'5.95"N 87°28'13.50"E (9/25/2021)
Photo Sphere

Uzbekistan Airways Express is a subsidiary to Uzbekistan Airways, operating some budget flights for the main airline, starting operations in February 2022

Photo Sphere

Ultra Air is a new Colombian low-cost airline, operating since February 2022, with a bright orange livery.

GE 6°10'36.25"N 75°25'35.27"W (1/10/2020)
Photo Sphere

Utah Airways is a small tour airline operating out of Ogden, Utah with two Piper PA-31s

Photo Sphere

Uganda Airlines is the flag carrier of Uganda, revived in 2019 as the original Uganda Airlines operated from 1977 to 2001.

GE 0° 2'50.81"N 32°26'29.95"E (12/3/2022)
Photo Sphere

USA3000 Airlines was a US airline operating a fleet of five A320 from 2001 to 2012

GE 41°58'21.54"N 87°52'58.06"W (10/10/2007)

Ukrainian Air Force is the air force branch of Ukraine, operating about 200 aircraft. Seen in Google Earth is Vinnytsia Airport, which was home to the 456th Guards Transport Aviation Brigade, but which was destroyed in March 2022 when it was hit by cruise missiles launched by Russia. In street view is one of the air force's Antonov AN-26s taking off from Kyiv.

GE 49°14'0.31"N 28°37'13.35"E (4/2/2020)
Photo Sphere

Uni-Top Airlines was a Chinese cargo airline operating out of Wuhan, that operated from 2009 to 2019. Three of their former Boeing 747Fs are seen in storage at Wuhan here.

GE 30°45'46.16"N 114°12'39.55"E (5/2022)

Ulendo Airlink is a Malawian airline based in Lilongwe, based at Lilongwe Airport, serving domestic destinations on scheduled flights.

PS Link

Ultimate Air Shuttle is an airline based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The airline operated public and scheduled charter flights and served important business routes. Operations temporarily suspended. 

39.095438° -84.423710°

3/20/2021

PS Link

Ultimate Heli Pty Ltd, is a helicopter operator that provides helicopter air charter solutions in Midrand, RSA

-26.026830° 28.111735°

4/1/2021

PS Link

Ultimate Jet is a Private Jet Charters private aviation company based in Ohio.

PS Link

Uni Air is a Taiwanese airline and a sister company of EVA Air. It mainly serves destinations in Taiwan.

25.064897° 121.551034°

8/3/2022

PS Link

Uniair Táxi Aéreo e Transporte Aeromédico is the aeromedical transport company of Unimed RS, Brazil

PS Link

UniSA Aviation Academy is a flight school in Parafield, Australia, and offers also charter service.

-34.790276° 138.635254°

17/11/2018

PS Link