South Airlines

South Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
YG OTL SOUTHLINE
Founded 19 April 1999
Ceased operations 2013
Operating bases Odessa Airport
Fleet size 3
Headquarters Odessa, Ukraine
Key people Molod Yurii (Director General)
Website www.otlavia.com

South Airlines (Ukrainian: Південні авіалінії, Russian: Южные авиалинии) was a charter airline based in Odessa, Ukraine.

History

The airline was registered in 1999 in Odessa, Ukraine. In 2000 the company was certified by the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. South Airlines operated scheduled and charter flights. In the beginning the company operate with 6 types of airplanes: Antonov An-24, Antonov An-30, Antonov An-140, Yakovlev Yak-40, Let L-410 Turbolet and Tupolev Tu-134.[1] Airline license was revoked by aviation authority in February 2013.[2]

Fleet

As of February 14, 2013, the South Airlines is reported to have had only three airplanes (excluding the An-24 lost in February 13 air disaster in Donetsk), with types of them being Antonov An-24RV, Embraer EMB-500, Saab 340B and Yakovlev Yak-42.[3] The South Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of December 2012):

Aircraft In Fleet Orders Seating
Antonov An-24RV1048
Antonov An-14806n/a
Let L-410 UVP10n/a
Saab 340B[4]2033
Yak-42D10120
Total56

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. ↑ History
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Влада призупинила роботу експлуатанта літака, що розбився в Донецьку (in Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ List of Saab aircraft operated by South Airlines, at ch-aviation.ch
  5. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-ukraine-plane-idUSBRE91C1A220130213
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21451432
  7. ↑ http://rt.com/news/ukraine-plane-emergency-landing-153/
  8. ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/13/world/europe/ukraine-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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