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Air Ukraine
Авіалінії України
IATA ICAO Callsign
6U UKR AIR UKRAINE
Founded1992
Ceased operations2002 (flight operations suspended)
2004 (AOC revoked)[1]
HubsBoryspil International Airport
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine

Air Ukraine (Ukrainian: Авіалінії України Avialiniyi Ukrayiny) was a state-owned airline from Ukraine, serving as flag carrier of the country from 1992 to 2002. Headquartered in Kyiv,[2] Air Ukraine operated scheduled passenger and cargo flights mostly on domestic routes or within the Commonwealth of Independent States, but also to global destinations.

History

An Air Ukraine Yakovlev Yak-42 (in the later dedicated Air Ukraine livery) at Stuttgart Airport (1998).
Two Air Ukraine Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft (still in Aeroflot colours but with Air Ukraine titles) at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (1994).

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union during 1990 and 1991 lead to the split-up of former Soviet carrier Aeroflot in 1992, with Air Ukraine being founded out of the Aeroflot's Kyiv directorate.[1] Soon, other Ukrainian divisions were merged into it to create a national airline.[citation needed]

In December 2002, Air Ukraine was declared to be bankrupt.[3] Attempts to relaunch the company by merging it with Aerosvit Airlines or Ukraine International Airlines failed, and the airline license was finally withdrawn on 23 July 2004.[1]

Fleet

Over the years, Air Ukraine operated the following aircraft types:[1][4]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2011)
Aircraft Introduced Retired Total Number
Antonov An-12 1993 1997 3
Antonov An-24 1993 2001 64
Antonov An-26 1993 2002 12
Antonov An-30 1993 2003 9
Antonov An-32 1993 2001 10
Antonov An-124 1993 1997 2
Boeing 737-200 1994 1998 2
Boeing 737-300 1995 1996 1
Boeing 737-400 1992 1995 2
Ilyushin Il-18 1993 1999 2
Ilyushin Il-62 1993 2002 10
Ilyushin Il-76 1993 2004 13
Let L-410 Turbolet[5][6] 1993 2002 42
Tupolev Tu-134 1993 2004 32
Tupolev Tu-154 1993 2004 39
Yakovlev Yak-40 1993 2002 36
Yakovlev Yak-42 1993 2001 28

Incidents

References

  1. ^ a b c d Information about Air Ukraine at the Aero Transport Data Bank
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 20–26 March 2001. 72.
  3. ^ "Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 77.
  4. ^ Air Ukraine fleet list (Western-built aircraft only) at airfleets.net
  5. ^ Let L-410UVP / Air Ukraine (UR-67536). Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
  6. ^ Let L-410UVP / Air Ukraine (UR-67115). Aviation Safety Network (ASN).
  7. ^ 1992 incident at the Aviation Safety Network
  8. ^ January 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
  9. ^ April 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network

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