Aerosvit Airlines
 

My daughter is soon flying to from Tel Aviv to New York-the most convenient flight is with Aerosvit. Does anyone know this company, have they flown with it and is it okay?.

Aerosvit is based in Kiev, Ukraine. I seriously doubt they have the most convenient flight between TLV and the New York area. Continental and El Al fly non-stop between the two markets. Delta is also starting their own in late March.

Thank you for your reply but they fly TLC-Kiev-NY for about four hundred dollars cheaper. So I was wondering if there is a catch.

<<< So I was wondering if there is a catch. >>>

The catch is they fly TLC-Kiev-NY

Have you checked the overall flight time from TLC to NY?

Based on some research I've done, Aerosvit has 3 767-300ERs that they use for trans-Atlantic service. All of them were built for SAS between 1989 and 1991.

I don't know about service or IFE or seats, but I wouldn't expect personal video screens.

The main issue with flying "smaller" airlines like this is what happens when there's irregular operation. They only have 3 planes that can make the flight to JFK, and it's only about 3x weekly. If one plane breaks down at Kiev, your daughter may be stuck there for a while before they can get her back to NY.

This is not anything specific against Aerosvit, just the nature of these airlines in general.

Yasron, you might want to read the passenger reviews at: http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/aerosvit.htm This just might change your daughter's mind.

Thank you everyone for your replies-we are still undecided but I think she'll go with El Al or BA in the end.