11:24 09.01.2013

Ukrainian premier orders vice premier to look into situation with AeroSvit

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Ukrainian premier orders vice premier to look into situation with AeroSvit Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has instructed Vice Premier Oleksandr Vilkul to settle the situation with Kyiv-based AeroSvit Airline. "It's inadmissible that the interests of the airline are harming citizens. We should intervene. The carrier should act according to clear rules," he said, opening a cabinet meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday. Azarov said that all citizens who failed to get back to Ukraine from abroad are to return home. Compensation is to be paid to them for delays and cancelations of AeroSvit's flights. As reported, hundreds of Ukrainians in other countries could not return to Ukraine in time because of the cancellation and delays of AeroSvit's flights. AeroSvit said that the airline had to cancel some flights on January 5-8 due to the stoppage of servicing of its flights at some airports, in particular, in Warsaw, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Tel-Aviv. This restricted the possibilities of the carrier to perform flights to other directions. "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.
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