Air Urga

Infobox Airline
airline = Air Urga

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fleet_size = 21 (+2 order)
destinations = 4
IATA = 3N
ICAO = URG
callsign = URGA
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founded = 1993
headquarters = Kirovohrad, Ukraine
key_people =
hubs = Kirovohrad Airport
Kryvyi Rih International Airport
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website = http://www.urga.com.ua

Air Urga is an airline based in Kirovohrad, Ukraine. It operates international charter passenger and cargo flights from various Ukrainian airports to destinations in Greece, Slovakia, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. Its main bases are Kirovohrad Airport (KGO) and Kryvyi Rih International Airport (KWG).cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 68 | date= 2007-03-27]

History

The airline was established and started operations in August 1993. It was founded as International Joint Stock Aviation Company URGA, initially concentrating on charter flights. Regular passenger flights from Kiev and Kryvyi Rih were added in May 1997. Air Urga is owned by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (51%) and American International Consulting Corp (43.5%). It has 378 employees.

Services

Air Urga operates the following services (at January 2005): Fact|date=April 2007

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Kiev and Kryvyi Rih.

*International scheduled destinations: Istanbul.

Fleet

The Air Urga fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):

*4 Antonov An-24B
*6 Antonov An-24RV
*1 Antonov An-26-100
*10 Antonov An-26B
*2 Antonov An-148 (on order)

External links

* [http://www.urga.com.ua Air Urga]

References