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South Airlines

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YG
  
OTL

Operating bases
  
Odessa Airport

Headquarters
  
Odessa, Ukraine

Ceased operations
  
2013

OTL
  
SOUTHLINE

Website
  
www.otlavia.com

Founded
  
19 April 1999

Fleet size
  
3

Key people
  
Molod Yurii (Director General)

Operating base
  
Odessa International Airport

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

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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.

Airline license was revoked by aviation authority in February 2013.

Former fleet composition

The South Airlines fleet earlier consisted of the following aircraft (as of December 2012)

Current fleet

As of February 14, 2013, the South Airlines is reported to have 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.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 13 February 2013 South Airlines Flight 8971 crashed when the plane overshot the runway as it attempted an emergency landing at Donetsk International Airport.
  • References

    South Airlines Wikipedia