UTair-Ukraine (Kyiv Boryspil) has retired its last remaining B737-500 with UR-UTS (msn 27532) having been cancelled from the Ukrainian register last week.

The move leaves the UTair (UT, Khanty-Mansiysk) subsidiary with only three B737-800s and follows a fleet reduction plan aimed at reorienting the company away from the scheduled services market towards the charter sector. UTair-Ukraine ended domestic Ukrainian operations in December last year resulting in the return of its five ATR72-500s to ATR - Avions de Transport Régional (EVX, Toulouse Blagnac).

UTair continues to serve Kyiv Boryspil and Lviv from Moscow Vnukovo using its own fleet of B737-500s.