Motor Sich is a Ukrainian

airline An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...

based in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populat ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It operates passenger and cargo services, including charter and scheduled flights. Its main base is

Zaporizhzhia International Airport Zaporizhzhia International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт "Запоріжжя") is the international airport that serves Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, one of three airfields around the city. The aircraft engine factory Motor Sich ...

History

The airline was established in 1984 and is wholly owned by the

Motor Sich The Motor Sich Joint Stock Company ( uk, АТ «Мотор Січ») is a Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer headquartered in Zaporizhzhia. The company manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters, and also industrial marine gas turbi ...

Joint Stock Company, an aircraft-engine company. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed its airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion. The airline has suspended all flights until further notice.

Destinations

;Belarus *

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

- Minsk National Airport (suspended following the diverting of

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) ;Ukraine *

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

Kyiv Zhuliany 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 ...

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport ( ua, Міжнародний аеропорт "Львів" імені Данила Галицького) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine. The airport is second largest and busiest airpor ...

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...

Mykolaiv Airport Mykolaiv International Airport, also known as Nikolaev Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт Миколаїв, russian: Международный аэропорт Николаев) is an airport in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev in Russian) ...

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

Odesa International Airport Odesa International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса») is an international airport of Odesa, the third largest city of Ukraine, located southwest from its city centre. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed ai ...

;Saudi Arabia *

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Codeshare agreements

Motor Sich Airlines has had a codeshare agreement with Belavia.

Fleet

Motor Sich Airlines Antonov An-140 at PRG

Yakovlev Yak-40, Motor Sich Airline JP7587319

Current fleet

As of November 2017 the Motor Sich fleet includes the following aircraft

Previously operated

The airline has also previously operated *5

Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 ( NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Tw ...

registration (UR-26199 / UR-26016 / UR-26113 / UR-26598 / UR-BXF ) *1 Antonov An-12 registration UR-48975

Accidents

On 2 July 2022, an Antonov An-12 (registration number UR-11316) transporting military cargo from Istanbul, Turkey skidded the runway while landing in

Uzhhorod Airport Uzhhorod International Airport, ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Ужгород»; sk, Medzinárodné letisko "Užhorod") is an international airport located in the city of Uzhhorod, in the western Ukraine, Ukrainian oblast, provi ...

. The aircraft suffered light damage.

References

External links

Official website
Airlines of Ukraine Airlines established in 1984 Companies based in Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian brands Motor Sich 1984 establishments in Ukraine {{Ukraine-transport-stub