Aerosvit Airlines (Kyiv Boryspil) , Dniproavia (Z6/Dnepropetrovsk) and Donbassaero (7D/Donetsk) are planning to intensify their cooperation by setting up a joint management company and operating most services under the VV code of Aerosvit: Dnepropetrovsk-Berlin Tegel: daily ERJ-145 service has started on July 1 (operated by Dniproavia) Dnepropetrovsk-Istanbul Ataturk: 3x weekly B737-400/-500/ERJ-145 service (partially operated by Dniproavia) (route transferred from Dniproavia) Dnepropetrovsk-Moscow Sheremetyevo: 3x daily ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (replacing Dniproavia route to Domodedovo) Dnepropetrovsk-Tbilisi: weekly ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (route transferred from Dniproavia) Donetsk-Athens: 3x weekly ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (route transferred from Donbassaero) Donetsk-Istanbul Ataturk: 2x weekly B737-300 service (route transferred from Donbassaero) Donetsk-Larnaca: 2x weekly ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (route transferred from Donbassaero) Donetsk-Moscow Sheremetyevo: 3x daily ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (replacing Donbassaero route to Domodedovo) Donetsk-St. Petersburg: 3x weekly ERJ-145 service has started on June 3 (operated by Dniproavia) Kiev Borispol-Almaty: 5x weekly A320-200 service (operated by Donbassaero) (route transferred from Donbassaero) Kiev Borispol-Batumi: 3x weekly B737-300/-400 service (route transferred from Wind Rose) Kiev Borispol-Chisinau: 4x weekly ERJ-145/Saab 340 service has started on April 14 (operated by Dniproavia and MRK Airlines (6V/Kiev Zhulyany)) Kiev Borispol-Copenhagen Kastrup: daily ERJ-145 service starting on October 31 (operated by Dniproavia) Kiev Borispol-Donetsk: 5x daily An-148-100/ERJ-145 service (partially operated by Dniproavia) (replacing all Donbassaero flights on the route) Kiev Borispol-Kaliningrad: daily ERJ-145/EMB-195 service (operated by Dniproavia and Wind Rose Aviation) (route transferred from Wind Rose) Kiev Borispol-Krakow: 4x weekly ERJ-145 service starting on November 1 (operated by Dniproavia) Kiev Borispol-Kutaisi: weekly ERJ-145 service (operated by Dniproavia) (route transferred from Wind Rose) Kiev Borispol-London Gatwick: daily B737-400 service starting on October 31 Kiev Borispol-Moscow Vnukovo: 8x weekly B737-400/-500 service has started on March 29 (in addition to Sheremetyevo services) Kiev Borispol-Nizhnevartovsk: weekly EMB-195 service (operated by Wind Rose Aviation) (route transferred from Wind Rose) Kiev Borispol-Riga: daily ERJ-145 service has started on April 19 (operated by Dniproavia) (in addition to Air Baltic (BT/Riga) codeshare services) Kiev Borispol-Tel Aviv Ben Gurion: 2x daily A320-200 service (operated by Donbassaero) (route transferred from Donbassaero) Kiev Borispol-Vilnius: daily An-148-100 service (route transferred from Donbassaero) Odessa-Istanbul Ataturk: daily B737-500 service (route transferred from Donbassaero) Odessa-Kaliningrad: 2x weekly seasonal ERJ-145 service until September 7 (operated by Dniproavia) Odessa-Milan Malpensa: 4x weekly ERJ-145 service starting on September 20 (operated by Dniproavia) Odessa-Riga: 2x weekly seasonal ERJ-145 service until September 20 (operated by Dniproavia) (in addition to Air Baltic codeshare services) Odessa-St. Petersburg: 2x weekly seasonal ERJ-145 service between June 2 and September 12 (operated by Dniproavia) Simferopol-Istanbul Ataturk: 3x weekly B737-500 service (route transferred from Donbassaero) Simferopol-Kaliningrad: 2x weekly seasonal ERJ-145 service until September 8 (operated by Dniproavia) Simferopol-Moscow Sheremetyevo: 2x daily B737-500 service (replacing Dniproavia route to Domodedovo) Aerosvit will however temporarily suspend its Kiev Borispol-Dusseldorf Intl route from October 30. It has also started codesharing on twice weekly Wind Rose services from Kiev Borispol to Tashkent. Aerosvit, Armavia (U8/Yerevan) and UTair (UT/Khanty-Mansiysk) have signed a letter of intent with El Al Israel Airlines (LY/Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) with the aim to launch a fourth worldwide alliance of smaller carriers tentatively called WE which stands for Western-Eastern. The alliance is scheduled to be operational by the end of 2011 and would operate in a similar fashion to oneworld, Skyteam and Star Alliance.
Aerosvit Airlines News Update
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