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.
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Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2002 (flight operations suspended) 2004 (AOC revoked)[1] | ||||||
Hubs | Boryspil International Airport | ||||||
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
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by merging it with Aerosvit Airlines or Ukraine International Airlines failed, and the airline license was finally withdrawn on 23 July 2004.[1]
Over the years, Air Ukraine operated the following aircraft types:[1][4]
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Aircraft | Introduced | Retired | Total Number |
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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 |