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The airline was established on 25 March 1994, and started operations in April 1994 with flights from [[Kiev]] to [[Tel Aviv]], [[Odessa]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Athens]] and [[Larnaca]] in [[co-operation]] with [[Air Ukraine]]. In October 1994, it started to [[dry-lease]] [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]] aircraft as the network expanded to include flights to [[Moscow]]. It was the first<ref>[[Suvarnabhumi Airport]]</ref> European passenger airline to use [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] in [[Bangkok]]. |
The airline was established on 25 March 1994, and started operations in April 1994 with flights from [[Kiev]] to [[Tel Aviv]], [[Odessa]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Athens]] and [[Larnaca]] in [[co-operation]] with [[Air Ukraine]]. In October 1994, it started to [[dry-lease]] [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]] aircraft as the network expanded to include flights to [[Moscow]]. It was the first<ref>[[Suvarnabhumi Airport]]</ref> European passenger airline to use [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] in [[Bangkok]]. |
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Aerosvit Airlines is rated by [[Skytrax]] as a 2-star airline.<ref>[http://www.airlinequality.com/Airlines/VV.htm Aerosvit Airlines Skytrax Ranking ]</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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| Founded | 25 March 1994 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Boryspil International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dnipropetrovsk International Airport Donetsk International Airport Odessa International Airport Simferopol International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Meridian loyalty program | ||||||
| Alliance | Ukrainian Aviation Group | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Dniproavia Donbassaero | ||||||
| Fleet size | 57 (+20 orders) | ||||||
| Destinations | 107 (not including code-shares) | ||||||
| Parent company | Privat Group[1] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Boryspil International Airport, Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
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| Website | www.aerosvit.com | ||||||
AeroSvit Airlines closed joint stock company (Ukr. Закрите акціонерне товариство «Авіакомпанія АероСвіт»), operating as AeroSvit — Ukrainian Airlines / АероСвіт, is one of the Ukrainian flag carriers. Its head office is on the grounds of Boryspil International Airport in Boryspil, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine.[2] AeroSvit operates currently the largest network[3] (among other Ukrainian carriers) of scheduled international flights, performing scheduled domestic and international services [4] directly or by code share to over 72 destinations including long-haul international services to China, India, Thailand, Canada, USA, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, as well as charter services.
Aerosvit Airlines is a full member of IATA and an IATA IOSA certified carrier.
Its main base is Boryspil International Airport, Kiev.
The airline was established on 25 March 1994, and started operations in April 1994 with flights from Kiev to Tel Aviv, Odessa, Thessaloniki, Athens and Larnaca in co-operation with Air Ukraine. In October 1994, it started to dry-lease Boeing 737-200 aircraft as the network expanded to include flights to Moscow. It was the first[5] European passenger airline to use Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
Aerosvit Airlines is rated by Skytrax as a 2-star airline.[6]
History
The early years in a newly independent Ukraine
In 1994 Aerosvit was first incorporated as a closed joint-stock company. Soon thereafter, scheduled flights from Kiev to Athens and Tel-Aviv were launched. These were soon followed by new scheduled flights to destinations in Greece and Cyprus. A significant milestone was reached in 1994 with the acquisition of the first Boeing 737-200 aircraft under operational lease. In the same year the airline's first flight on the Kiev-Athens route under its own code was performed. Soon after, in 1995, new scheduled flights from Kiev to Almaty, Ashgabad, and Riga were launched, thereby substantially expanding Aerosvit's route network and laying the foundations for it to become a transit airline. This was then supplemented, in 1996, by the addition of Yekaterinburg, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Simferopol to the airline's list of destinations, and the incorporation of Aerosvit as a full member of the IATA. By 1997 Aerosvit Airlines had become a member of IATA Clearing House and finally purchased its first Boeing 737-200 aircraft; this was then followed by further development of Aerosvit's network into the late 1990s. By 1999 Aerosvit had acquired a third Boeing 737-200 aircraft and scheduled flights to Budapest, Sofia and Istanbul were launched.
Post-millenium expansion and reorganisation
In the year 2000 two Boeing 737-300 aircraft joined Aerosvit Airlines’ fleet. Scheduled flights to Prague and Warsaw were launched, and Aerosvit Airlines carried more passengers than any other Ukrainian airline (over the calendar year). In 2002 a further three Boeing 737-500 aircraft were added to the airline's fleet and Ukraine's first long-haul Boeing 767-300ER aircraft operations were launched with the first destination being the Thai capital, Bangkok.
In 2003 Aerosvit opened its first transatlantic service with scheduled flights, based on Boeing 767 equipment, to New York. In this year the airline also carried its second millionth passenger. Later in the year a further North American destination was added to Aerosvit's network with the opening of a route to Toronto, Canada. Soon after JAR-145 certification for performing in house maintenance works in accordance with the European Joint Aviation Authorities’ requirements was received. In this year, a connection to the Indian capital, Delhi, were also launched. With the onset of 2004 Aerosvit increased the number of weekly flights it operated to Bangkok to three and an additional Boeing 737-300 was added to the fleet. Route expansion continued as before, and over the course of the year the number of Aerosvit-operated domestic flights across Ukraine expanded to eleven destinations. However, expansion did not just take place on the domestic market, as Aerosvit introduced new routes from its base in Kiev, to Beijing, Baku, Chisinau, Cairo, and St. Petersburg. Finally, in 2004, Aerosvit Airlines became The official air carrier of the National Olympic team of Ukraine for the XXVIII Olympic Summer Games held in 2004 in Athens.
Aerosvit's ninth Boeing 737 mid-haul aircraft started operating in 2005, with a tenth being added to the fleet soon after. In the same year e-ticketing was launched on the route New York-Kiev and Aerosvit Airlines and Azerbaijan Airlines started code-sharing on the Kiev-Baku route. In 2006 Aerosvit was added to the IOSA register (IATA operational safety audit) and scheduled flights from Donetsk to Tel Aviv began. The launch of code share flights from Kiev to Vilnius (with flyLAL), in that year, coincided with the airline's celebration marking 6 million passengers carried within 12 years of operation. In 2007 the number of destination points from Ukraine to the United States (through New York with the cooperation of Delta Airlines) increased dramatically, thus allowing onward travel to cities such as Los Angeles and Portland. It was in the same year that Aerosvit Airlines and Donbassaero began to build (at the initiative of their joint main shareholder Privat Group) the strategic alliance Ukrainian Aviation Group. Also, in this year, the fleet was supplemented with a third long haul aircraft Boeing 767 and eleventh and twelfth mid-range Boeing 737s, whilst the start of code share flights with Belavia on the Kiev-Minsk route took place. The final important milestones for Aerosvit in 2007 came when the airline began selling tickets through its own website (www.aerosvit.com) and signed a contract with Boeing for delivery of 14 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft starting in 2012.
At the beginning of 2008 flights from Kiev to the Georgian capital Tbilisi and the Kazakh metropolis of Almaty were launched by Aerosvit, E-ticketing was introduced on all Aerosvit scheduled flights, and Aerosvit Airlines again became the official air carrier of the Ukrainian National Olympic team for the XXIX Olympic Games to be held in Beijing. In 2009 Aerosvit launched an additional scheduled flight to Kazakhstan, this time to the country's new capital Astana. Aerosvit also began operating the newest Ukrainian jet aircraft, the Antonov 148 and prolongated its IOSA certificate up to October 2011
The Ukrainian Aviation Group and modern era
In 2010 Aerosvit added a second Antonov 148 aircraft to its fleet and new routes including Odessa-Kaliningrad, Simferopol-Kaliningrad, Donetsk-Saint Petersburg, Odessa-Riga, and Dnipropetrovsk-Berlin were opened (largely with the cooperation of its sister companies Dniproavia and Donbassaero) by the carrier. An Odessa-Milan code-share route was launched. Dniproavia, having come into the Privat Group's business portfolio, joined the Ukrainian aviation group, and scheduled flights from Kiev to Vilnius, Riga, Bucharest, Chisinau, Kaliningrad, Tashkent, Сopenhagen, Yerevan, Minsk, and Gyanja were initiated. Additionally, Aerosvit signed a contract with Boeing for delivery of 4 Boeing 737-900ER in 2013-2014, and a fourth Boeing 767 was added to the fleet.
In 2011 Aerosvit added a number of new destinations to its route network, including, amongst others London (Gatwick Airport) and Kraków. In the first quarter of 2012 the airline expects to receive the first of its ordered Embraer 190 aircraft, with deliveries continuing well into 2013, and possibly up until mid-2014.
As of 25 March 2012, as a result of the Anti-monopoly committee of Ukraine's decision to allow the consolidation of the Ukrainian Aviation Group's physical and operational assets, Donbassaero and Dniproavia no longer operate flights with their own codes, but rather on behalf of their parent company Aerosvit.[7]
Destinations
Aerosvit destinations
Codeshare agreements
Aerosvit codeshares with the following airlines as of October 2011: [8]
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Fleet
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Aerosvit fleet consists of 18 Boeing aircraft. Occasionally Aerosvit uses A320 and Embraer 145 on a wet lease basis.
In Autumn 2002, the first long-haul Boeing 767 aircraft was added to AeroSvit Airlines’ fleet. The company added a second Boeing 767 one year later. These aircraft have become the backbone for the first global, long-haul flight service in the history of independent Ukraine and have provided for the successful launch of five transcontinental routes between Kiev and North America (New York and Toronto), South East Asia (Bangkok) and (Ho Chi Minh City), Central Asia (Delhi) and (Colombo), and the Far East (Beijing). These operations have been integrated gradually into AeroSvit Airline’s well-established medium-haul networks in Europe, the Middle East, and CIS countries as well as with its domestic short-haul flights to Ukrainian regional centers.
Current Fleet
The Aerosvit Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (March 2012)[10]:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders/ Options |
Passengers | Notes | |||||
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| Airbus A320-200 | 12 | 138 | 150 | operated by Donbassaero | |||||
| Boeing 737-300 | 12 | 118 | 130 | 1 operated by Dniproavia | |||||
| Boeing 737-400 | 15 | 138 | 153 | ||||||
| Boeing 737-500 | 10 | 96 | 106 | 3 operated by Dniproavia 2 equipped with winglets | |||||
| Boeing 737-800 | 10 | 150 | 160 | Deliveries: 2 in spring 2012[11] | |||||
| Boeing 737-900ER | 20 | 165 | 185 | ||||||
| Boeing 767-300ER | 20 | 207 | 227 | 1 operated by Dniproavia 3 equipped with winglets | |||||
| Embraer E-190 | TBA | Deliveries: 7 in 2012, 3 in 2013[12] (to be operated by Dniproavia)[13] | |||||||
| Saab 340A | 36 | 36 | operated by MRK Airlines | ||||||
| Total | 30 | 20/12 | |||||||
Cabins
Aerosvit aircraft comprise two-class cabins — business and economy — on all of its international flights. Business passengers are, in most cases, provided with a menu, in which they have three to four options of order for every dish — a main course, a secondary dish, a dessert and a drink). Economy class passengers have two options of meals. Aerosvit does not require passengers to purchase meals on board. On long-haul flights, general meals are offered twice, with a snack between them. The company also offers all passengers special food orders (fees may apply) 24 hours prior to the flight. On long-haul routes, business-class passengers are offered a personal audio/video menu. There is also an on-board duty-free shop on all international flights.
International flights
A fundamental element of AeroSvit Airlines’ commercial policy is maximizing the use of Boryspil International Airport’s transfer potential as well as the opportunity to attract additional transfer traffic to and beyond other regions of AeroSvit Airlines’ operations. Therefore, AeroSvit Airlines adheres to the following principles:
- Maximum use of all possible connections within its route network as well as those of its partner airlines
- Increasing the number and quality of connections with its own flights at Boryspil International Airport
- Flexible distribution of frequencies in the schedule
Domestic flights
Since 2002, AeroSvit Airlines has started executing the social priority program of domestic, intra-Ukrainian air carriage, operating scheduled flights that connect Dnipropetrovs’k, Odesa, and Simferopol’ with the capital of Ukraine. In 2003-2004, AeroSvit Airlines’ domestic network extended to seven destinations, adding Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk to the list of places where AeroSvit flies. When executing the domestic flights program, flight safety, high regularity of flights, and a high level of service have all become priority areas. Special standards of domestic flights were developed, such as making special menus available on all flights. In 2004 establishment of close cooperation with other Ukrainian airlines has supplemented AeroSvit Airlines’ own route network with such destinations as Uzhgorod, Chernivtsi, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia.
Today AeroSvit together with its Alliance partner airlines serve flights to majority of domestic destinations which include: Donetsk, Odesa, Simferopol, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhgorod, Chernivtsi, Luhansk, Sevastopol.
Non-scheduled (charter) flights
Another area of focus for AeroSvit Airlines is non-scheduled or charter, air carriage. From 1994-2004, AeroSvit Airlines, in addition to operating scheduled flights, has been organizing charter programs and performing single ad hoc flights for various customers.
The first stage of AeroSvit Airlines’ charter activities’ development was execution of a program of flights to the Greek island of Crete, which were carried out only in summer months.
Since 1998, AeroSvit Airlines has been increasing the number of charter flights offered. In 1998, the first flights to Antalya (Turkey) were executed. In the beginning of 1999, AeroSvit Airlines opened a new charter route to Hurgada (Egypt). Since 1999, new charter flights to Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Tunis, and other countries have been added.
AeroSvit Airlines has increased its volume of charter air carriage considerably. In addition to flights to traditional summer resorts, AeroSvit Airlines develops flights to winter skiing resorts in such countries as Austria, France, Finland, Turkey, and Slovakia.
After AeroSvit Airlines added Boeing 767-300ER’s to its fleet, the list of charter routes has been expanded to include such exotic destinations as the Maldives, Tenerife, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia and other locales.
Traffic and Statistics
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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| Passenger load factor (%) | 72,9 | 67,9 | 72,9 | 65,7 | 69,4 | 70,0 |
| Total flight time (fh) | 39151 | 49054 | 57977 | 70743 | 42199 | 63890 |
| Revenue passenger km (mill) | 3265,4 | 3561,8 | 4551,3 | 5304,6 | 3373,6 | 3966,6 |
| Available seat km (mill) | 4424, 7 | 5042,3 | 6230,9 | 7624,8 | 4857,2 | 5591,9 |
| Revenue tones km (mill) | 366,6 | 396,1 | 504,4 | 583,6 | 379,5 | 452,1 |
| Total employees | 1575 | 1944 | 2282 | 2352 | 1832 | 2072 |
| RPK per employee (mill) | 2,07 | 1,83 | 1,99 | 2,26 | 1,84 | 1,91 |
Corporate affairs and identity
Subsidiaries
- Dniproavia, an airline headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, participating in the Ukrainian Aviation Group and operating flights under Aerosvit's VV code.
- Donbassaero, an airline headquartered in Donetsk, participating in the Ukrainian Aviation Group and operating scheduled flights under Aerosvit's VV code.
Liveries and logo
Aerosvit's present livery is a Euro white scheme, comprising a white fuselage with the blue Aerosvit title and design. The tail is white with a blue bird wing inside the yellow circle and the small Ukrainian flag at the top. The wing became a symbol of the company and inspired the name of Aerosvit Airlines. In 2011, to coincide with Alliance common geometry in livery style, a new livery was unveiled.
| Logo image | Usage | References |
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1994–1999 | The first logo since the establishment of the Company. |
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1999–2003 | The second logo variant that was in use up to 2003, when the modern one appeared. |
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Modern logo | The modern look of Aerosvit logo reflects the airline as the flagship national airline. In use (Pantone 286C, 109C) |
International cooperation
AeroSvit is a member of the following international organizations:
- International Air Transport Association (IATA), including BSP
- Association of European Airlines (AEA)
- European Business Association (EBA)
- U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
- International Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ICCU)
- Kiev Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Association of Ukrainian-Chinese Cooperation (AUCC)
Company policies
Online sales policy
Taking into account the tendency of global internet user’s audience gain worldwide, AeroSvit Airlines considers online sales of air tickets from its web site to be one of the best mediums to involve new clients and maintain a positive image among present clientele.
At present, AeroSvit Airlines actively maintains its presence on the World Wide Web using different internet advertising tools, social media such as Facebook, Twitter and sure enough the web site that was developed based on AeroSvit Airlines’ corporate identity as well as the informational demands of clients depending on their geographic location.
Distribution policy
AeroSvit Airlines’ distribution policy is aimed at developing its agency network; its own sales network, and interline-agreement networks.
Agency sales are established by means of direct agreements with the companies that carry out sales of air tickets as well as by joining global networks that sell air carriage on neutral tickets, such as IATA Billing and Settlement Plans (BSP), US Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC), and Russian Transport Clearing House (TKP). Today, AeroSvit Airlines has direct agreements with more than 200 agents worldwide. It also has contracts with all IATA BSP’s that operate in the countries where AeroSvit Airlines operates flights.
AeroSvit Airlines’ own sales network is established both in Kiev and in a significant number of AeroSvit Airlines’ representative offices, both in Ukraine and abroad. These functions simultaneously serve as information and advertising venues.
New services
As of 30 April 2009, passengers to Sheremetyevo International Airport and Kharkiv International Airport can use online registration, found on the airline's website. It gives passengers a possibility to choose a seat aboard the plane, print the boarding pass and arrive with it to the airport. The online registration closes 2 hours 40 minutes prior to takeoff. The company introduced online registration for all of its flights. Passengers can print out their boarding pass at home by providing their e-ticket number, passenger name and flight details, frequent flyer card number or credit card number.
In addition to registration, AeroSvit introduced other online services. Now customers may also change their flights, request a chat with customer service representative. Latest addition features the ability to pre-order hot meals at ones own discretion.
Incidents and accidents
On 17 December 1997, Aerosvit Flight 241, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashed near Thessaloniki, Greece; all 62 passengers and 8 crew members died.[15]
References
- ^ http://www.airportsinternational.com/2010/01/new-owner-for-aerosvit/
- ^ "Representative Office." (Select City: "Kyiv" : "Head office") Aerosvit Airlines. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "Head office Ukraine Airport, 08307 Boryspil" [http://www.aerosvit.ua/eng/index/usflinfonew/impinfonew/contacts.html
- ^ Liga file - Aerosvit company profile
- ^ Aerosvit Airlines - official website
- ^ Suvarnabhumi Airport
- ^ Aerosvit Airlines Skytrax Ranking
- ^ http://www.dniproavia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=34&lang=ru
- ^ Worldwide cpdeshare list Aug 2011
- ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/118192/
- ^ CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More
- ^ http://www.avianews.com/ukraine/2012/03/28_aerosvit_delivery_boeing_737800.shtml
- ^ Aviaport digest
- ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=Z6
- ^ Dniproavia colours at a glance
- ^ Aviation Safety Network (1997). "ASN Aircraft accident description Yakovlev 42 UR-42334 - Thessaloniki". ASN. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
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