Headquartered in Kyiv,[2] Air Ukraine operated scheduled passenger and cargo flights mostly on domestic routes or within the Commonwealth of Independent States, but also to global destinations.

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union during 1990 and 1991 lead to the split-up of former Soviet carrier Aeroflot in 1992, with Air Ukraine being founded out of the Aeroflot's Kyiv directorate.

[1] Soon, other Ukrainian divisions were merged into it to create a national airline.

[citation needed] In December 2002, Air Ukraine was declared to be bankrupt.

[1] Over the years, Air Ukraine operated the following aircraft types:[1][4]