Air Ukraine
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2002 | ||||||
| Hubs | Boryspil International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters |  Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
Air Ukraine (Ukrainian: Авіалінії України) was the national airline of Ukraine, based in Kiev.[1] It operated scheduled domestic, international and cargo services mostly to other CIS nations and Europe. It was one of the last airlines to fly IL-62 aircraft on routes to North America.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It was created from the former soviet Aeroflot Kiev division, with other Ukrainian divisions merged into it to create a flag carrier for the new independent nation. After many difficult years trying to manage profitable operations it was declared bankrupt by its owner, the Ukrainian government, in December 2002.
Soon after the bankruptcy, it was being restructured in an effort to restart operations. There was a plan to merge Air Ukraine, Aerosvit Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines as a new Air Ukraine to form a strong 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):
The original fleet inherited from collapsing soviet Aeroflot was a lot bigger. It started to reduce soon with planes being withdrawn from use or sold to other airlines because of over capacity and financial problems. Fleet list from year 1993 was as below:
- 50 An-24
- 17 An-26
- 9 An-30
- 3 An-32
- 1 An-72
- 1 An-124
- 2 IL-18
- 9 IL-62(ex LOT Polish Airlines)
- 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.