Dniproavia
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Airline
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headquartered at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport
Dnipropetrovsk International Airport
Dnipropetrovsk International Airport is an airport serving Dnipropetrovsk, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located southeast from the city center.-Facilities:...
in Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights.
The main shareholder of the company is PrivatBank
Privatbank
PrivatBank is the largest commercial bank in Ukraine, in terms of the number of clients, assets value, loan portfolio and taxes paid to the national budget. Unlike most other large Ukrainian banks, PrivatBank is not based in Kiev, the capital city, but is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, a smaller...
, controlled by Ihor Kolomoyskyi
Ihor Kolomoyskyi
Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi , known commonly as Igor Kolomoisky is an Ukrainian business oligarch, he has Israeli and Ukrainian citizenship although dual citizenship is prohibited in Ukraine. Kolomoyskyi is the leading partner of the Privat Group and former chairman of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk....
.
History
Dniproavia was established in 1933 as Dnipropetrovsk Integrated Air Squad, forming part of then SovietSoviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
national airline Aeroflot
Aeroflot
OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...
. On 22 June 1996, the airline became a joint stock company
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
in a state-owned entity which included Dnipropetrovsk International Airport
Dnipropetrovsk International Airport
Dnipropetrovsk International Airport is an airport serving Dnipropetrovsk, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located southeast from the city center.-Facilities:...
, thus giving the airline full control over its home base. Dniproavia announced a loss of just over 6 million USD
United States dollar
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for 2006, despite increasing revenues by 17 percent and carrying 54 percent more passengers. It blamed the loss on the suspension of its flights to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, due to a dispute with the German authorities over Lufthansa
Lufthansa
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried. The name of the company is derived from Luft , and Hansa .The airline is the world's fourth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating...
's landing rights at Dnipropetrovsk Airport. In October 2009, the airline was sold to Galtera investment group.
Fleet
As of 27 November 2010, the Dniproavia fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 17.3 years:| Aircraft | In Fleet /Orders | Passengers (Economy) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | 148 | |
| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 150 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 3 | 126 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | Operated for Aerosvit | |
| Embraer ERJ-145 | 25 | 49 | 3 Operated for Aerosvit 3 Operated for Skyways Express Skyways Express Skyways is an airline that operates regional and domestic scheduled services. Based in Linköping, Sweden, its main hub is at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.- History :... |
| Embraer ERJ-190 | 10 | 104 | delivery Q4 2011- |
Previously operated
As of August 2006, the airline also operated the following aircraft:- 2 Antonov An-26Antonov An-26The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...
- 3 Yakovlev Yak-40Yakovlev Yak-40The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...
(replaced by Embraer 145) - 2 Yakovlev Yak-42Yakovlev Yak-42The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet...
(replaced by Boeing 737Boeing 737The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
)
Accidents and incidents
- 24 April 2003: A Dniproavia Yakovlev Yak-40Yakovlev Yak-40The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...
(registeredAircraft registrationAn aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...
UR-87918) ran off the runway after a hard landing at Dnipropetrovsk International AirportDnipropetrovsk International AirportDnipropetrovsk International Airport is an airport serving Dnipropetrovsk, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located southeast from the city center.-Facilities:...
following a scheduled domestic flight. The aircraft came to a rest 100 metres away from the runway and was substantially damaged. There were no fatal injuries amongst the 13 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
- 28 April, 2011: A Dniproavia Embraer 145 (registeredAircraft registrationAn aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...
UR-DNK) ran off the taxiway after having just exited the runway at MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
's Sheremetyevo International AirportSheremetyevo International AirportSheremetyevo International Airport , is an international airport located in the Moscow Oblast, Russia, north-west of central Moscow. It is a hub for the passenger operations of the Russian international airline Aeroflot, and one of the three major airports serving Moscow along with Domodedovo...
. As a result of this, the aircraft's landing gear gave way and its chasis was badly damaged. However, the aircraft was quickly evacuated and made safe by airport rescue personnel and no injuries were reported, amongst the 30 passengers and 4 crew members, as a result of the incident.