Dniproavia

Dniproavia
Дніпроавіа

IATA Z6 ICAO UDN Callsign DNIEPRO
Founded	1996
Hubs	Dnipropetrovsk International Airport
Fleet size	32
Destinations	12
Headquarters	Dnipropetrovsk International Airport Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Website	www.dniproavia.com

A Dniproavia Yakovlev Yak-42 sporting the airlines' former livery, landing at Frankfurt Airport in 2005

Dniproavia (Ukrainian: Дніпроавіа) is an airline headquartered at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights.^[1][2]

The main shareholder of the company is PrivatBank, controlled by Ihor Kolomoyskyi.^[3]

History

A Dniprovavia Embraer ERJ-145 at Berlin-Tegel Airport (2010), featuring the livery chosen to celebrate the type's inauguration with the airline.^[4]

Dniproavia was established in 1933 as Dnipropetrovsk Integrated Air Squad, forming part of then Soviet national airline Aeroflot. On 22 June 1996, the airline became a joint stock company in a state-owned entity which included Dnipropetrovsk International Airport, thus giving the airline full control over its home base.^[2] Dniproavia announced a loss of just over 6 million USD for 2006, despite increasing revenues by 17 percent and carrying 54 percent more passengers. It blamed the loss on the suspension of its flights to Germany, due to a dispute with the German authorities over Lufthansa's landing rights at Dnipropetrovsk Airport.^[5] In October 2009, the airline was sold to Galtera investment group.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

Main article: Dniproavia destinations

Fleet

A Dniproavia Boeing 737-500

As of 27 November 2010, the Dniproavia fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 17.3 years:^[6][7]

Dniproavia Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet /Orders	Passengers (Economy)	Notes
Boeing 737-300	2	148
Boeing 737-400	1	150
Boeing 737-500	3	126
Boeing 767-300ER	1		Operated for Aerosvit
Embraer ERJ-145	25	49	3 Operated for Aerosvit 3 Operated for Skyways Express
Embraer ERJ-190	10	104	delivery Q4 2011-

Previously operated

As of August 2006, the airline also operated the following aircraft:^[8]

• 2 Antonov An-26
• 3 Yakovlev Yak-40 (replaced by Embraer 145)
• 2 Yakovlev Yak-42 (replaced by Boeing 737)

Accidents and incidents

• 24 April 2003: A Dniproavia Yakovlev Yak-40 (registered UR-87918) ran off the runway after a hard landing at Dnipropetrovsk International Airport following a scheduled domestic flight. The aircraft came to a rest 100 metres away from the runway and was substantially damaged. There were no fatal injuries amongst the 13 passengers and 4 crew members on board.^[9]

• 28 April, 2011: A Dniproavia Embraer 145 (registered UR-DNK) ran off the taxiway after having just exited the runway at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport. As a result of this, the aircraft's landing gear gave way and its chasis was badly damaged. However, the aircraft was quickly evacuated and made safe by airport rescue personnel and no injuries were reported, amongst the 30 passengers and 4 crew members, as a result of the incident.

External links

• Official website
• Dnipropetrovsk Airport Photogallery

References

1. ^ "Contacts." Dniproavia. Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 74. 2007-04-03. 
3. ^ Zaitsev, Tom (2010-02-12). "Three Ukrainian carriers seek tie-up approval". Flightglobal (Reed Elsevier). http://beta.flightglobal.com/news/articles/three-ukrainian-carriers-seek-tie-up-approval-338364/. Retrieved 2011-07-22. 
4. ^ Dniproavia colours at a glance
5. ^ "Dniproavia losses in 2006". Airliner World: p. 13. August 2007. 
6. ^ Dniproavia fleet list at planespotters.net
7. ^ "Brazil's Embraer Sells 10 Jets To Dniproavia". The Wall Street Journal. 31 January 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110131-705011.html. 
8. ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
9. ^ 2003 Dniproavia accident at the Aviation Safety Network

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