Aerosvit Airlines
CJSC "Aircompany "Aerosvit" (), operating as Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines () 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, India, Thailand, Canada and the USA as well as charter services. Its main base is Boryspil Airport, Kiev.[1]
History
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.
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 as of March 2007).[1]
Service
Aerosvit aircraft comprise two-class cabins - business and economy - on all of its international flights.
Business class passengers are, in most cases, provided with a menu, in which they have three to four options of order for every dish - a main course, a secondary dish, a desert and a drink). Economy class passengers have two options of meals. Aerosvit, unlike many other airlines, still serves meals without special purchase. On long-haul flights, general meals are offered twice, with a snack between them.
The company also offers all passengers special food orders (fees may apply) 24 hours prior to the flight.
On long-haul routes, business-class passengers are offered a personal audio/video menu.
There is also an on-board duty-free shop on all international flights.
Destinations
Code-share agreements
Aerosvit hs code-share agreements with the following airlines.
Fleet
The Aerosvit Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 1 2008)[2][3]:
Incidents and accidents
In December 1997, Aerosvit Flight 241 crashed near Thessaloniki, killing all 70 people on board.[4]
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