Embraer (São José dos Campos Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf (SJK)) is currently in talks with Ukraine's Privat Group, the owners of Aerosvit Airlines (VV, Kiev Borispol (KBP)), regarding the delivery of three out of the five EMB-190s previously ordered by the now bankrupt Ukrainian carrier. It is believed that Privat Group would lease the aircraft out to Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kiev Borispol (KBP)), who also took delivery of AeroSvit's two other Embraer EMB-190s, in addition to other aircraft, when Aerosvit suspended short and medium-haul operations in late 2012/early 2013 before leaving the long-haul market shortly thereafter. The two EMB-190s were originally delivered to AeroSvit in 2012 but operated by sister airline, Dniproavia (Z6, Dnepropetrovsk (DNK)). One of the aircraft (UR-EMA, c/n 19000494) now is already operated by UIA itself, the second aircraft UR-DSB (c/n 19000501) is still operated by Dniproavia on behalf of UIA.

Dniproavia (Z6, Dnepropetrovsk (DNK)) will resume its first international services again on April 22 offering a daily ERJ-145 service from its home base Dnepropetrovsk to Moscow Domodedovo International (DME). It plans to add a similar daily service from Lvov Snilow (LWO) to Domodedovo by June 1. These will be the first two international routes Dniproavia operates again after several years of only operating domestic services under its own commercial responsibility and operating international flights under Aerosvit Airlines (VV, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) flight numbers. Since the collapse of Aerosvit, only a small number of the carrier's 15 ERJ-145s have been active on domestic flights. Dniproavia also operates two EMB-190s for Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) and one ERJ-145 for Wind Rose Aviation (7W, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) now.

Aerosvit Airlines (VV, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) is likely to remain grounded after it was recently forced to cancel its planned long-haul flights to New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK) and Beijing Capital (PEK) set for this summer. The struggling Ukrainian airline has been battling to emerge from self-declared bankruptcy, instigated by a Kiev Regional Economic Court on December 29. The airline stressed that the proceedings had been “instituted to allow for the restructuring of the carrier and which would allow it to continue its operations until such time that it could repay its debts.”

Dniproavia (Z6, Dnepropetrovsk (DNK)) has started operating its two EMB-190s UR-DSA (c/n 19000494) and UR-DSB (c/n 19000501) on behalf of Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) on a new wet-lease agreement replacing its previous arrangement with Aerosvit Airlines (VV, Kiev Borispol (KBP)). Dniproavia had only operated the two aircraft on behalf of Aerosvit for approximately seven months from June 2012 until Aerosvit had to file for bankruptcy protection by the end of 2012.

Aerosvit Airlines (VV, Kiev Borispol (KBP)) has postponed the planned resumption of long-haul services from Kiev Borispol (KBP) to Beijing Capital (PEK) and New York John F. Kennedy International (JFK). It had originally planned to resume operations between Kiev and Beijing on February 23 after a three week suspension of its last remaining scheduled services but has now postponed the next flight to Beijing to April 3. It plans to offer two weekly B767-300ER service between Kiev and Beijing and four weekly services to JFK from April 2 as previously announced.