Air Ukraine ( Avialiniyi Ukrayiny) was a state-owned airline from Ukraine, serving as flag carrier of the country from 1992 to 2002. Headquartered in Kyiv,"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 20–26 March 2001. 72. Air Ukraine operated scheduled passenger and cargo flights mostly on domestic routes or within the Commonwealth of Independent States, but also to global destinations. Its role as flag carrier was transferred to Ukraine International Airlines.
History
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. Soon, other Ukrainian divisions were merged into it to create a national airline.. By 2001, the airline had a small fleet of 5 aircraft which meant its operations had significantly shrunk.
In December 2002, Air Ukraine was declared to be bankrupt."Directory: World airlines." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 77. 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by merging it with Aerosvit Airlines or Ukraine International Airlines failed, and the airline license was finally withdrawn on 23 July 2004.
Fleet Over the years, Air Ukraine operated the following aircraft types:
+AircraftIntroducedRetiredTotal NumberAntonov An-12199319973Antonov An-241993200164Antonov An-261993200212Antonov An-30199320039Antonov An-321993200110Antonov An-124199319972Boeing 737-200199419982Boeing 737-300199519961Boeing 737-400199219952Ilyushin Il-18199319992Ilyushin Il-621993200210Ilyushin Il-761993200413Let L-410 TurboletLet L-410UVP / Air Ukraine (UR-67536). Aviation Safety Network (ASN).Let L-410UVP / Air Ukraine (UR-67115). Aviation Safety Network (ASN).1993200242Tupolev Tu-1341993200432Tupolev Tu-1541993200439Yakovlev Yak-401993200236Yakovlev Yak-421993200128
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Incidents On 5 September 1992, the crew of an Air Ukraine Tupolev Tu-154 (registered CCCP-85269) with 147 people on board had to execute a belly-landing at Boryspil International Airport because the landing gear could not be deployed. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.1992 incident at the Aviation Safety Network On 23 January 1995, a Turbolet (registered UR-67115) was destroyed when it crashed on a frozen lake whilst approaching Provedeniya Airport in Russia because of an engine failure. The three crew members on board had been on an empty ferry flight from Anadyr Airport, which was planned to continue onwards to Honduras, where the aircraft had been sold. There were no fatalities.January 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network On 4 April 1995, the pilots of an Air Ukraine Antonov An-26 (registered UR-26049) tried to take off from Palana Airport without having released the brakes. The aircraft thus was not able to get airborne, and overshot the runway, being damaged beyond economical repair. The nine people that had been on the chartered flight to Ust-Pakhachi Airport survived the accident.April 1995 accident at the Aviation Safety Network
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