Motor Sich is a Ukrainian

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

based in

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

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

Zaporizhzhia International Airport Zaporizhzhia International Airport () is the international airport that serves Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, one of three airfields around the city. The aircraft engine factory Motor Sich has its base here. In May 2020, the airport was extended with a n ...

History

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

Motor Sich The Motor Sich, Joint Stock Company () is a Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer headquartered in Zaporizhzhia. The company manufactures engines for airplanes and helicopters as well as industrial marine gas turbines and installations. Ov ...

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 (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

Minsk National Airport Minsk National Airport (, ; ) , formerly known as Minsk-2, is the main international airport in Belarus, located 42 km (26 mi) to the east of the capital Minsk. It geographically lies in the territory of Smalyavichy Raion but is admin ...

(suspended following the diverting of

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) ;Ukraine *

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

- Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport *

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport () is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine, located from the central city. It is the second largest and busiest airport in Ukraine. Importance of the airport increased gradually following the Ru ...

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

- Mykolaiv Airport *

Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

Odesa International Airport Odesa International Airport () is an international airport of Odesa, the third largest city of Ukraine, located southwest from its city centre. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of U ...

;Saudi Arabia *

Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

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Codeshare agreements

Motor Sich Airlines has had a codeshare agreement with

Belavia Belavia, formally Belavia Belarusian Airlines (; ), is the flag carrier of Belarus, headquartered in Minsk. The state-owned company had, as of 2007, 1,017 employees. Belavia serves a network of routes between Commonwealth of Independent States, ...

Fleet

Motor Sich Airlines Antonov An-140 at PRG

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 Twins ...

registration (UR-26199 / UR-26016 / UR-26113 / UR-26598 / UR-BXF ) *1

Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...

registration UR-48975

Accidents

On 2 July 2022, an

(registration number UR-11316) transporting military cargo from Istanbul, Turkey skidded the runway while landing in

Uzhhorod Airport Uzhhorod International Airport, (; ) is an international airport located in the city of Uzhhorod, in the western Ukrainian province of Zakarpattia. The airport is situated in the westernmost part of the city, in the Chervenytsia district at 145 ...

. The aircraft suffered light damage.

References

External links

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