Private company

Volare Airlines

Logo: volare.kiev.ua3

Ukrainian cargo charter airline

Volare Airlines was an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established in 1994 and operated its first charter flight in November 1995. It operated charter and regular flights from its base airports at Rivne and Kyiv.2 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Árpád Gordos, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Volare Airlines was an airline based in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established in 1994 and operated its first charter flight in November 1995. It operated charter and regular flights from its base airports at Rivne and Kyiv.2

The story

The airline was shut down by the Ukrainian civil aviation authority over safety concerns in 2009. The carrier was also blacklisted by the European Union.

From Wikipedia’s article on Volare Airlines (Ukraine), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Services

Volare Airlines operated air cargo flights within Ukraine and CIS, Europe, Middle East, Far East and Africa.

Fleet

The Volare Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of August 2006):

6 Antonov An-12

2 Ilyushin Il-76MD

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1 Ilyushin Il-76TD

From Wikipedia’s article on Volare Airlines (Ukraine), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2009Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1994Founded Founded1

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