Donbassaero
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| Founded | 1993, refounded 2003 | |||
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| Hubs | Donetsk International Airport Boryspil International Airport |
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| Frequent-flyer program | Meridian Programme | |||
| Fleet size | 7 | |||
| Destinations | 15 | |||
| Headquarters | Donetsk International Airport Donetsk, Ukraine |
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| Website | http://www.donbass.aero/ | |||
Donbassaero (Ukrainian: Донбасаеро) is an airline with its head office on the property of Donetsk International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine.[1] It operates domestic and international scheduled services. Its main bases are Donetsk International Airport and Boryspil International Airport in Kiev.[2]
The main shareholder of the company is PrivatBank, controlled by Ihor Kolomoyskyi.[3]
Out of the 5-star ranking, Donbassaero holds a 2-star ranking from Skytrax[4].
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[edit] History
The airline was founded in 1993 as Donetsk State Airline, then re-organized and re-branded as Donbassaero in 2003.[5] Their web site was launched in July 2005 and their online booking system started in November of the same year.[6]
[edit] Destinations
Donbassaero serves the following scheduled destinations (as of June 2011) [7]:
[edit] Western Asia
[edit] Europe
[edit] Fleet
The Donbassaero fleet includes the following aircraft (as of February 2011)[8]:
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 138 | 150 | 3 currently of Aerosvit |
| Airbus A321-200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 210 | leased from WindRose Aviation |
On 18 November 2010 Donbassaero announced plans to retire their fleet of Soviet-made aircraft like Yak-42 and An-24 and replace them with modern Airbus A320 aircraft.
[edit] Incidents
On March 10, 2010, a flight between Simferopol and Kiev was cancelled after discovering that the entire crew was inebriated. The Ukrainian deputy attorney general, Tatiana Kornikova, was one of the passengers of the flight, and started an investigation on the spot.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ "Contacts." Donbassaero. Retrieved on 27 April 2011. "Headquarter The headquarter of our company is located at international airport “Donetsk”. Address: DONBASSAERO, 1«V», Vzlyotnaya str., Donetsk, 83021, Ukraine"
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 74. 2007-04-03.
- ^ Zaitsev, Tom (2010-02-12). "Three Ukrainian carriers seek tie-up approval". Flightglobal (Reed Elsevier). http://beta.flightglobal.com/news/articles/three-ukrainian-carriers-seek-tie-up-approval-338364/. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ http://www.airlinequality.com/Airlines/7D.htm
- ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/company/index
- ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/info/press_center/news/index
- ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/timetable/timetable Donbassaero timetable. Retrieved 2009-09-13
- ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=7D&al_op=1
- ^ Drunk cabin crew prevented from taking off Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Retrieved 2010-03-10
[edit] External links
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