Bukovyna Airlines, also known as Bukovyna Aviation Enterprise, was a

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based in

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, which operated chartered passenger flights out of

Chernivtsi International Airport Chernivtsi Leonid Kadeniuk International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Чернівці» імені Леоніда Каденюка) is an airport in the city of Chernivtsi in western Ukraine. History Early history ...

History

The company was founded in 1999. In 2013, Bukovyna was one of two Ukrainian airlines that had sanctions imposed against them by the

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. Bukovyna Airlines was hit with sanctions because it was leasing its US-built McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft to Iranian airlines

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and

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. The Iranian airlines were themselves under sanction by the US government. In February 2021, the Ukrainian authorities revoked the airline's operational license, shutting all operations down.ch-aviation.com - Ukrainian gov't revokes Bukovyna Airlines' operating licence
12 February 2021

Fleet

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Current fleet

The Bukovyna Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of September 2020:Bukovyna Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
retrieved 6 September 2020

Previously operated

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Fokker 100 The Fokker 100 is a regional jet produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 is based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, an ...

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gener ...

McDonnell Douglas MD-88 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gene ...

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Ukraine Defunct airlines of Ukraine Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2021 Defunct charter airlines Ukrainian companies established in 1999 2021 disestablishments in Ukraine