Air Urga
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| Founded | 21 August 1993 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Destinations | regional charter | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine | ||||||
| Website | www.urga.com.ua | ||||||
URGA International Joint Stock Aviation Company (Ukrainian: Міжнародна акціонерна авіаційна компанія «УРГА»), branded as Air Urga, is a charter airline based in Kropyvnytskyi and Zhuliany, Ukraine.
The airline was established and started operations in August 1993. It was founded as International Joint Stock Aviation Company URGA, initially concentrating on charter flights. Regular passenger flights from Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih were added in May 1997. Air Urga is owned by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (51%) and American International Consulting Corp (43.5%). It has 378 employees.[2]
In 2014, the airline launched its first regular passenger flight - Kyiv-Lviv.[3]
As of May 2017, the number of destinations that the company can fly to has been significantly reduced due to being put on the EU's air safety blacklist along with 180 other airlines.[4] URGA will be unable to fly to EU destinations until these safety issues are addressed. However, as of May 2017, the airline was not operating any regular passenger flights.[5]
Destinations
Air Urga operates charter passenger and cargo flights from various Ukrainian airports to destinations in North Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. Its main base is the Kropyvnytskyi Airport (KGO).[2]
Fleet
Current fleet
As of December 2025, Air Urga operates the following aircraft:[6][7]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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| Antonov An-26-100 | 1 | — | 40 | 40 | |
| Antonov An-26B-100 | 3 | — | — | — | Equipped for civil cargo operations with uprated AI-24VT engines, cargo doors and ramps.
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| Saab 340B | 4 | — | 34 | 34 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |||
Former fleet
The airline formerly operated additional Antonov An-26 and Saab 340 aircraft, as well as an additional Cessna 172 aircraft for training purposes.
