Air Ukraine was an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It operated scheduled domestic and international services and was the former Ukrainian flag carrier. A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... A monument to St. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: 6U
• ICAO Code: UKR
• Callsign: Air Ukraine

Website: airukraine.com The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It was established from the Aeroflot Kiev division, with other ukrainian divisions merged to it. It was declared bankrupt by its owner, the Ukrainian government, in December 2002 and was being restructured. Plan was to merge Air Ukraine, Aerosvit Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines as new Air Ukraine and flag carrier for the country. Plan failed and their operating license was removed. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerosvit Airlines (Ukrainian: Авіакомпанія АероСвіт, Russian: Авиакомпания АэроСвит) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. ... Ukraine International Airlines is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. ...

Fleet

The Air Ukraine fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at beginning of 2003): 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 1 Tu-154M
• 3 Tu-134

Original fleet inherited from collapsing soviet Aeroflot was a lot bigger. It started to reduce soon with planes being withdrawn or sold to other airlines because of over capacity and financial problems. Fleet list from 1993 was: Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т; literally air fleet) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

• 50 An-24
• 17 An-26
• 9 An-30
• 3 An-32
• 1 An-72
• 1 An-124
• 2 IL-18
• 9 IL-62
• 26 Tu-134
• 38 Tu-154
• 20 Yak-40
• 20 Yak-42