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Aerosvit - Ukrainian Airlines
IATA
VV		 ICAO
AEW		 Callsign
AEROSVIT
Founded 25 March 1994
Hubs Boryspil International Airport
Frequent flyer program Meridian Club
Fleet size 16 (17 on order)
Destinations 60
Headquarters Kyiv, Ukraine
Key people Aron Mayberg (General Director)
Website: http://www.aerosvit.com

CJSC "Aircompany "Aerosvit" (Ukrainian: ЗАТ «авіакомпанія «Аеросвіт»), operating as Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines (Ukrainian: АероСвіт-Українські авіаланії, AeroSvit-Ukrayinski avialinii) is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It is the largest Ukrainian carrier, operating scheduled domestic services to 11 cities and international services directly or by codeshare to 20 destinations in Europe. It also has long-haul international services to China, Canada and the USA, as well as charter services. Its main base is Boryspil Airport, Kiev.[1]

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The airline was established on March 25, 1994 and started operations in April 1994 with flights from Kiev to Tel Aviv, Odessa, Thessaloniki, Athens and Larnaca in co-operation with Air Ukraine.[1] In October 1994 it started to dry-lease Boeing 737-200 aircraft as the network expanded to include flights to Moscow. It was the first European passenger airline to use Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.[citation needed]

One of Aerosvit Airline's Boeing 737 planes at Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv in 2006.
One of Aerosvit Airline's Boeing 737 planes at Boryspil International Airport, Kyiv in 2006.

Aerosvit Airlines is owned by State Property Fund of Ukraine (22%), Aerotur-Agency for Air Communications and Tourism (40%) and Gilward Investments (Netherlands) (38%). It has 1,447 employees at March 2007).[1]

In December 1997 Aerosvit Flight 241 crashed near Thessaloniki, killing all 70 people aboard.[2]

Aerosvit partner airlines.

The Aerosvit Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2007)[3]:

Aerosvit Airlines
Aircraft Total Passengers
(Business/Economy)		 Notes
Antonov An-148 10 on order 70 - 80
Antonov An-24 7 40-50
Boeing 737-200 1 118 (10/108)
Boeing 737-300 2 130 (12/118)
Boeing 737-400 8 153 (15/138)
Boeing 737-500 3 106 (10/96)
Boeing 737-800 11 to be leased
7 orders
7 options
Boeing 767-300ER 3 231 (24/207)
Boeing 787-9 5 planned

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 50. 
  2. ^ Aviation Safety Network (1997). ASN Aircraft accident description Yakovlev 42 UR-42334 - Thessaloniki. ASN. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  3. ^ AeroSvit (2007). Our Fleet. AeroSvit. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
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