Illich-Avia ( uk, Ілліч-Авіа) was a

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part of the Open Joint Stock Company (JSC) of Illich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol and was founded in 2002. It was based at

Mariupol International Airport Mariupol International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт Маріуполь, russian: Международный аэропорт Мариуполь) , previously known as Zhdanov Airport, is the currently closed main airport o ...

and operated domestic and international flights, most of them on behalf of its parent Illich Steel & Iron Works.

History

Illich-Avia Avia was launched in 2002. It held operator certificate No. 198 issued by the

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on 1 June 2005, Air Carrier License No. 118481 of 4 March 2005. The airline was unique as it is one of the few operators of the

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. Illich-Avia meanwhile ceased operations.ch-aviation.com - Illich-Avia
retrieved 28 December 2022

Destinations

Ilyich-Avia served the following destinations: ;

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Athens International Airport Athens International Airport ''Eleftherios Venizelos'' ( el, Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», ''Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"''), commonly initialised as ...

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Thessaloniki International Airport Thessaloniki Airport , officially Thessaloniki Airport "Makedonia" ( el, Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Θεσσαλονίκης "Μακεδονία", Kratikós Aeroliménas Thessaloníkis "Makedonía") and formerly Mikra Airport, is ...

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Vnukovo Airport Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəvə) , is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow, ...

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Kyiv International Airport Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Київ» імені Ігоря Сікорського (Жуляни)) is one of the two passenger airports of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the ...

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Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...

Kryvyi Rih International Airport Kryvyi Rih/Lozuvatka International Airport ( ua, Міжнародний аеропорт Кривий Ріг (Лозуватка)) is an airport near Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. It is located 4.2 km (2.6 miles) west of the Lozuvatka rural commun ...

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...

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Fleet

The Illich-Avia fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2011):Official Illich-Avia Website
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References

External links

Official Website
{{Airlines of Ukraine Defunct airlines of Ukraine Airlines established in 2002 Ukrainian companies established in 2002