Kharkiv Airlines (Kharkiv) began operating its first scheduled services on Monday, September 16 with daily flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen from Odesa and Kharkiv using its single B737-800 UR-CLS (msn 32841).

Following its acqusition by the Azov-Black Sea Investment Company in May last year, Kharkiv Airlines resumed operations in June offering charter flights from Kharkiv, Donestsk and Kiev to destinations in Greece, Egypt, Tunisia, India, Vietnam, Thailand and the Dominican Republic.