Private company

Khors Air

Ukrainian airline

Khors Air (Ukrainian: Авіакомпанія Хорс) was an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It operated mainly charter flights within Ukraine, and also offered flights to Europe and the Middle East from Kyiv International Airport.2 It ceased to exist in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
MD-82 Khors UR-CDQ THR July 2010
Photo: Khashayar Talebzadeh, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons4

Khors Air (Ukrainian: Авіакомпанія Хорс) was an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It operated mainly charter flights within Ukraine, and also offered flights to Europe and the Middle East from Kyiv International Airport.2

The story

The airline was founded and began operations in 1990 using Ilyushin Il-76, Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-24 and Antonov An-26 aircraft, since then mainly serving the CIS. In 1992, an Antonov An-12 was purchased. In 2000, Khors Air replaced its ageing fleet of Soviet aircraft with American-built McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 aircraft and, from 2004, McDonnell Douglas MD-82.

In 2005, a Kyiv to Dubai, Malé and Jakarta service was started using a Boeing 757-200ER aircraft but soon had to be halted.

In 2017, the United States proposed sanctions against Khors Air due to them leasing out aircraft to airlines in Iran.

As of 2022, the airline ceased all operations during war.

From Wikipedia’s article on Khors Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Destinations

Most flights operated by the airline were non-scheduled charter flights.

Fleet

Historic fleet

Airbus A319

Airbus A320

Airbus A321

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Antonov An-12

Antonov An-24

Antonov An-26

Boeing 737-300

Boeing 737-500

Boeing 757-200

Ilyushin Il-76

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

McDonnell Douglas MD-82

McDonnell Douglas MD-83

McDonnell Douglas MD-88

Yakovlev Yak-40

From Wikipedia’s article on Khors Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2022Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1990Founded Founded1

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