OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2011. AeroSvit – Ukrainian Airlines and Turkish Airlines commence performing joint flights between the cities of Ukraine and Turkey, providing a more convenient flight schedule for passengers.

A code-share agreement on AeroSvit’s and Turkish Airlines’ joint operation of five air routes between the cities of two countries (Kyiv-Istanbul, Odesa-Istanbul, Simferopol-Istanbul, Dnipropetrovsk-Istanbul and Donetsk-Istanbul) has come into effect.

This cooperation will allow two carriers to extend variety of optimum schedule and route choices for passengers. In particular, AeroSvit will manage to triple its flight offers between and , including Kyiv-Istanbul route, on which the number of joint flights will increase up to 22 per week.

AeroSvit has been performing flights to since autumn of 1999.

AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines, established in 1994, is based at Boryspil Airport (Kyiv). AeroSvit operates 80 international routes to 33 countries, provides passenger carriages to ’s largest administrative centers. AeroSvit operates the fleet of 8 long-haul Boeing 767 aircraft and 18 medium-haul Boeing 737 and also uses partner carriers’ Airbus 320, Airbus 321, Embraer 145 and Embraer 195 aircraft. In 2012 the company will commence updating the fleet with Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft and, starting from 2013, with Boeing 737-900ER.

AeroSvit has been a member of International Air Transport Association since 1996. In January 2006 the carrier was included into the register of IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit). In 2011 the airline yet again was successfully audited in accordance with IOSA program and prolonged its IOSA operator’s certificate for the period of two subsequent years.