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, 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
thumb|right|An Air Ukraine [[Yakovlev Yak-42 (in the later dedicated Air Ukraine livery) at Stuttgart Airport (1998).]]
thumb|right|Two Air Ukraine [[Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft (still in Aeroflot colours but with Air Ukraine titles) at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (1994).]]
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.
In December 2002, Air Ukraine was declared to be bankrupt. 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by merging it with Aerosvit Airlines or Ukraine International Airlines failed, and the airline license was finally withdrawn on 23 July 2004.
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|Tupolev Tu-134
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|Tupolev Tu-154
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|Yakovlev Yak-40
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|Yakovlev Yak-42
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Gallery
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File:Boeing 737-4Y0, Air Ukraine International AN0198177.jpg|Air Ukraine International 737-400
File:Air Ukraine Ilyushin Il-62 Maiwald.jpg|Air Ukraine Ilyushin Il-62
File:Ilyushin Il-62M, Aeroflot (Air Ukraine) AN0205173.jpg|Air Ukraine IL 62 in Aeroflot colours
File:Air Ukraine Tupolev Tu-154B-2 Maiwald.jpg|Air Ukraine TU 154B-2
File:Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Air Ukraine AN0208067.jpg|Older TU 154 livery
File:Tupolev Tu-154B-2, Air Ukraine AN0205326.jpg|Another TU 154
File:Ан-218.jpg|Antonov AN 218 model
File:Tupolev TU-154B UR-85399 A.Ukraine Vnukovo 29.08.94 edited-2.jpg|Two Tupolev 154s of Air Ukraine
</gallery>
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.
- 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.
- 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.