Bukovyna Airlines
Appearance
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Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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Hubs | Chernivtsi International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
Headquarters | Chernivtsi, Ukraine |
Bukovyna Airlines, also known as Bukovyna Aviation Enterprise, is a charter airline based in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, operating chartered passenger flights out of Chernivtsi International Airport.[1]
History
The company was founded in 1999.[2] In 2013, Bukovyna was one of two Ukrainian airlines that had sanctions imposed against them by the US government. Bukovyna Airlines was hit with sanctions because it was leasing its US-built McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft to Iranian airlines Mahan Air and Iran Air. The Iranian airlines were themselves under sanction by the US government.[3][4]
Fleet
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/MD-83_Bukovyna_Airlines_UR-BXN_THR_May_2010.jpg/220px-MD-83_Bukovyna_Airlines_UR-BXN_THR_May_2010.jpg)
Current fleet
The Bukovyna Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2019):[5][6]
Aircraft | Total | Notes |
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McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | |
Total | 2 |
Previously operated
References
- ^ ch-aviation.com - Bukovyna Airlines retrieved 21 June 2018
- ^ Bukovyna Airlines entry at airlineupdate.com
- ^ Hemmerdinger, John (5 June 2013). "US slaps sanctions on airlines suspected of aiding terrorism". Flight International. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ Gladstone, Rick (May 31, 2013). "U.S. Targets Iran's Petrochemical Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 35.
- ^ a b c d Bukovyna Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net retrieved 11 May 2015
External links
Media related to Bukovyna Airlines at Wikimedia Commons