Donbassaero

Donbassaero Airlines
IATA
7D
ICAO
UDC
Callsign
DONBASS AERO
Founded 1993, refounded 2003
Hubs Donetsk International Airport
Boryspil International Airport
Frequent-flyer program Meridian Programme
Fleet size 7
Destinations 15
Headquarters Donetsk International Airport
Donetsk, Ukraine
Website http://www.donbass.aero/

Donbassaero (Ukrainian: Донбасаеро) is an airline with its head office on the property of Donetsk International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine.[1] It operates domestic and international scheduled services. Its main bases are Donetsk International Airport and Boryspil International Airport in Kiev.[2]

The main shareholder of the company is PrivatBank, controlled by Ihor Kolomoyskyi.[3]

Out of the 5-star ranking, Donbassaero holds a 2-star ranking from Skytrax[4].

Contents

History

The airline was founded in 1993 as Donetsk State Airline, then re-organized and re-branded as Donbassaero in 2003.[5] Their web site was launched in July 2005 and their online booking system started in November of the same year.[6]

Destinations

Donbassaero serves the following scheduled destinations (as of June 2011) [7]:

Fleet

The Donbassaero fleet includes the following aircraft (as of February 2011)[8]:

Donbassaero Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320-200 8 1 12 138 150 3 currently of Aerosvit
Airbus A321-200 1 0 0 210 210 leased from WindRose Aviation

On 18 November 2010 Donbassaero announced plans to retire their fleet of Soviet-made aircraft like Yak-42 and An-24 and replace them with modern Airbus A320 aircraft.

Incidents

On March 10, 2010, a flight between Simferopol and Kiev was cancelled after discovering that the entire crew was inebriated. The Ukrainian deputy attorney general, Tatiana Kornikova, was one of the passengers of the flight, and started an investigation on the spot.[9]

External links

Ukraine portal
Companies portal
Aviation portal

References

  1. ^ "Contacts." Donbassaero. Retrieved on 27 April 2011. "Headquarter The headquarter of our company is located at international airport “Donetsk”. Address: DONBASSAERO, 1«V», Vzlyotnaya str., Donetsk, 83021, Ukraine"
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 74. 2007-04-03. 
  3. ^ Zaitsev, Tom (2010-02-12). "Three Ukrainian carriers seek tie-up approval". Flightglobal (Reed Elsevier). http://beta.flightglobal.com/news/articles/three-ukrainian-carriers-seek-tie-up-approval-338364/. Retrieved 2011-07-22. 
  4. ^ http://www.airlinequality.com/Airlines/7D.htm
  5. ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/company/index
  6. ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/info/press_center/news/index
  7. ^ http://www.donbass.aero/m1/en/timetable/timetable Donbassaero timetable. Retrieved 2009-09-13
  8. ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=7D&al_op=1
  9. ^ Drunk cabin crew prevented from taking off Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Retrieved 2010-03-10