Air Ukraine
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2002 | ||||||
| Hubs | Boryspil International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters |  Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||
Air Ukraine (Ukrainian: Авіалінії України) was an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1] It operated scheduled domestic and international services and was the former Ukrainian flag carrier.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It was established from the Aeroflot Kyiv division, with other Ukrainian divisions merged to it. It was declared bankrupt by its owner, the Ukrainian government, in December 2002 and was being restructured. There was a plan was to merge Air Ukraine, Aerosvit Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines as new Air Ukraine and flag carrier for the country. This plan failed and their operating license was removed. [citation needed]
The airline's operations ceased in December 2002.[2]
Fleet
The Air Ukraine fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at December 2002):
Original fleet inherited from collapsing soviet Aeroflot was a lot bigger. It started to reduce soon with planes being withdrawn or sold to other airlines because of over capacity and financial problems. Fleet list from 1993 was:
- 50 An-24
- 17 An-26
- 9 An-30
- 3 An-32
- 1 An-72
- 1 An-124
- 2 IL-18
- 9 IL-62
- 26 Tu-134
- 38 Tu-154
- 20 Yak-40
- 20 Yak-42
References
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- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 20-26 March 2001. 72.
- ^ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16-22 March 2004. 77.