Donabassero to link Ukraine with Dubai

Donbassaero Airlines Company has launched the Donetsk-Dubai route with plans to start flights from October 2009 for the winter season, the Kyiv Post has reported.
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According to an official report from the company, the flight will be carried out once a week – on Tuesdays – starting from October 27, 2009 until March 23, 2010.

An Airbus A320 will perform the flight.

Donbassaero was created in 1933 as a subdivision of Soviet airline Aeroflot. In November 2006, the company became the municipal property of Donetsk.
A total of 74.99% of the company's capital was passed into the property of Aerosvit-Ukrainian Airlines (Kyiv) in 2007.

Donbassaero's fleet consists of six Yak-42s and four Airbus A320s.