Bukovyna Airlines

Bukovyna Airlines, also known as Bukovyna Aviation Enterprise, is a charter airline based in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, operating chartered passenger flights out of Chernivtsi International Airport.[1]

Bukovyna Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
BQ BKV BUKOVYNA
Founded1999
HubsChernivtsi International Airport
Fleet size6
HeadquartersChernivtsi, Ukraine

History

The company was founded in 1999.[2] In 2013, Bukovyna was one of two Ukrainian airlines that had sanctions imposed against them by the US government. Bukovyna Airlines was hit with sanctions because it was leasing its US-built McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft to Iranian airlines Mahan Air and Iran Air. The Iranian airlines were themselves under sanction by the US government.[3][4]

Fleet

Bukovyna Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83

Current fleet

The Bukovyna Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of September 2019):[5][6]

Bukovyna Airlines fleet
Aircraft Total Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 2
Total 2

Previously operated

References

  1. ch-aviation.com - Bukovyna Airlines retrieved 21 June 2018
  2. Bukovyna Airlines entry at airlineupdate.com
  3. Hemmerdinger, John (5 June 2013). "US slaps sanctions on airlines suspected of aiding terrorism". Flight International. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. Gladstone, Rick (May 31, 2013). "U.S. Targets Iran's Petrochemical Industry". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 35.
  6. Bukovyna Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net retrieved 11 May 2015

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