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Aerosvit - Ukrainian Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
VV AEW AEROSVIT
Founded25 March 1994
HubsBoryspil International Airport
Frequent-flyer programMeridian Club
Fleet size21 (+24 orders, 7 options)
Destinations60
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
Key peopleKostadin Botev (General Director), Aron Mayberg (head of supervisory board)
Websitehttp://www.aerosvit.com/

CJSC "Aircompany "Aerosvit" (Ukrainian: ЗАТ «авіакомпанія «Аеросвіт», which means "sky world"), operating as Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines ([АероСвіт-Українські авіаланії, AeroSvit-Ukrayinski avialinii] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It is the largest Ukrainian carrier, operating scheduled domestic services to 11 cities and international services directly or by codeshare to 20 destinations in Europe. It also has long-haul international services to China, India, Thailand, Canada and the USA, codeshare to Pakistan, as well as charter services. Its main base is Boryspil Airport, Kiev.[1]

History

The airline was established on March 25, 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.[1] 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 European passenger airline to use Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.

Aerosvit Airlines is owned by State Property Fund of Ukraine (22%), Aerotur-Agency for Air Communications and Tourism (40%) and Gilward Investments (Netherlands) (38%). It has 1,447 employees as of March 2007).[1]

Service

Aerosvit aircraft comprise two-class cabins - business and economy - on all of its international flights.

Business class 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 desert and a drink). Economy class passengers have two options of meals. Aerosvit, unlike many other airlines, still serves meals without special purchase. 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.

Destinations

Code-share agreements

Aerosvit has code-share agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

One of Aerosvit Airline's Boeing 737 planes at Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv in 2006.

The Aerosvit Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2009)[2][3]:

Aerosvit Airlines
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Business/Economy) 		Notes
Antonov An-148 (10 orders) 70 - 80
Boeing 737-200 1 118 (10/108)
Boeing 737-300 3 130 (12/118)
Boeing 737-400 8 153 (15/138)
Boeing 737-500 4 106 (10/96)
Boeing 737-800 (14 orders)
(7 options)
Boeing 767-300ER 3 231 (24/207)
Saab 340A 2 opertaed by Mars RK
Total:
orders / options: 		21
24 / 7

Incidents and accidents

In December 1997, Aerosvit Flight 241 crashed near Thessaloniki, killing all 70 people on board.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 50.
  2. ^ AeroSvit (2007). "Our Fleet". AeroSvit. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  3. ^ CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More
  4. ^ Aviation Safety Network (1997). "ASN Aircraft accident description Yakovlev 42 UR-42334 - Thessaloniki". ASN. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
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