CJSC "Aircompany "Aerosvit" (Ukrainian: ЗАТ «авіакомпанія «Аеросвіт», which means "sky world"), operating as Aerosvit-Ukrainian AirlinesAeroSvit-Ukrayinski avialinii) 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. (Ukrainian: АероСвіт-Українські авіалінії,
The airline was established on 25 March 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.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 InvestmentsNetherlands) (38%). It has 1,447 employees (as of March 2007).
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