10:58
09.01.2013
AeroSvit cancels number of flights on January 9
AeroSvit Airline has cancelled a number of arriving and departing flights on January 9, 2013.
The airline cancelled the following departing flights: VV21 for Simferopol, VV207 for Warsaw, VV485 for Minsk, VV229 for Athens, VV461 for Yerevan, VV233 for Bucharest, and VV13 for Odesa.
The airline also cancelled the following arriving flights: VV210 for Prague, VV24 from Simferopol, VV486 from Minsk, VV234 from Bucharest, VV230 from Athens, VV18 from Odesa, and VV462 from Yerevan.
As reported, AeroSvit was forced to
cancel a number of flights on January 5-8 due to the suspension of their servicing at some airports, particularly in Warsaw, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, the press service of the company said.
The grounding of the airline's aircraft at the airports, in turn, restricted AeroSvit's possibility of ensuring the timely implementation of flights to other destinations.
"The decision of airports and handling companies was caused by distorted information in some online mass media about the alleged declaring of AeroSvit bankrupt. Contractors, according to their requests, feared that the Ukrainian carrier may terminate operations and payment for the services rendered," reads a company press release.
Due to this, AeroSvit sent a written notice to all partner companies that it is intending to continue operations and fulfill its current liabilities.
AeroSvit also said that the airline's appeal to the Economic Court of Kyiv region with a request to initiate bankruptcy is aimed at launching the procedure of reorganization, restoring the company's solvency and ensuring the company fulfills its obligations to creditors in full.
AeroSvit was created in 1994. It is based at Boryspil airport in Kyiv. It serves 80 international destinations in 34 countries. It provides services to passengers in the largest cities of Ukraine. Its fleet consists of 28 Boeing aircraft, including 20 medium-range Boeing 737s and eight long-haul Boeing 767s. In addition to that, it operates Airbus 320, Airbus 321, Embraer 145, Embraer 190, and ATR-72 aircraft.
