Wizz Air Ukraine ( uk, Товариство з обмеженою відповідальністю „Авіалінії Візз Ейр Україна”) was the

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division of the Hungarian

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based at Kyiv International Airport with additional minor operations out of

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. It ceased operations by 20 April 2015.

History

Wizz Air Ukraine commenced domestic operations in

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on 11 July 2008 and later added international flights. Domestic operations were later discontinued. In October 2013, the airline opened its second base at

Donetsk International Airport Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк", Russian: Международный аэропорт "Донецк") is a former airport located northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that ...

by deploying one aircraft and opening six new routes. However, the Donetsk base was closed by April 2014 due to the

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. On 26 March 2015, it was announced that Wizz Air Ukraine would shut down by 20 April 2015 due to the crisis in Ukraine. Eight routes from Kyiv - half of them to

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- were taken over by the parent company, Wizz Air, while the remaining ten routes from Kyiv and Lviv to destinations in

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and

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currently operated by Wizz Air Ukraine ceased entirely.https://wizzair.com/en-GB/about_us/news/wizzen303 All of Wizz Air Ukraine's

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s were taken over by Wizz Air Hungary. In November 2018, it was reported that

had announced plans to reactivate its Wizz Air Ukraine subsidiary, approximately three years after it was shut down. Under the plan, Wizz Air Ukraine will seek to complete certification in 2019 following the acquisition of twenty A320/321 neo jets. Bases will be developed in Kyiv as well as other cities across the country. By 2025, it aims to have a passenger throughput of 6 million passengers per annum.

Destinations

Prior to its shutdown, Wizz Air Ukraine operated 18 routes from

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

and

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to international destinations in several countries, focusing on

and

Fleet

The Wizz Air Ukraine fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of April 2015:

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Ukraine Defunct airlines of Ukraine Airlines established in 2008 Airlines disestablished in 2015 Ukrainian companies established in 2008