Khors Air (Ukrainian: Авіакомпанія Хорс) is an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It operates mainly charter flights within Ukraine, and also offers flights to Europe and the Middle East from Kyiv International Airport.[1]
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Founded | 1990 | ||||||
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Operating bases | Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) | ||||||
Fleet size | 12 | ||||||
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||
Website | khors.com.ua |
The airline was founded and began operations in 1990 using Ilyushin Il-76, Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-24 and Antonov An-26 aircraft, since then mainly serving the CIS. In 1992, an Antonov An-12 was purchased. In 2000, Khors Air replaced its ageing fleet of Soviet aircraft with American-built McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 aircraft and, from 2004, McDonnell Douglas MD-82.[citation needed]
In 2005, a Kyiv to Dubai, Male and Jakarta service was started using a Boeing 757-200ER aircraft but soon had to be halted.[2]
In 2017, the United States proposed sanctions against Khors Air due to them leasing out aircraft to airlines in Iran.[3]
As of 2022, the airline ceased all operations.[4][5]
Most flights operated by the airline were non-scheduled charter flights.
As of June 2018, the Khors Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[6]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | 150 | Leased to Taban Air | ||
Airbus A321-200 | 3 | — | 210 | 2 leased to Kish Air, 1 leased to Zagros Airlines | ||
Boeing 737-300 | 2 | — | 148 | |||
Boeing 737-500 | 3 | — | 126 | |||
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 | 1 | — | 125 | |||
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 1 | — | 150 | |||
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | — | 161 | Leased to ATA Airlines | ||
Total | 12 | — | ||||
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