| Airline: | Bees Airline |
| Iata: | 7B/BS |
| Icao: | UBE/BES |
| Callsign: | FLOWER BEE/SKY BEES |
| Founded: | 2019 |
| Commenced: | 18 March 2021 |
| Fleet Size: | 4 |
| Destinations: | 24 |
| Headquarters: | Kyiv, Ukraine, Bucharest, Romania |
| Website: | bees.aero |
Bees Airline is a Ukrainian low-cost airline, which commenced operations in March 2021.[1] Its head office was in Kyiv.[2]
The airline was established in late 2019. The airline received its AOC in March 2021. It operated low cost regular and charter flights from Ukraine to Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Montenegro and Spain with 4 aircraft and planned to increase the fleet size to six aircraft in 2022.
On 29 April 2021, the airline operated its first regular flight: from Kyiv to Yerevan.[3] Due to martial law on the territory of Ukraine and the closure of the airspace of Ukraine, all flights from 24 February 2022 were canceled.[4] The airline's AOC was revoked later in summer 2022 due to the airline not having any aircraft.[5] [6] In 2024, the Bees brand was revived under a Romanian Aviation Certificate (AOC) based in Bucharest, Romania. At the moment, the Ukrainian branch of the Bees brand is suspended until the end of the military conflict in the country and the re-opening of Ukrainian airspace. In the summer of 2024, Bees will launch several scheduled routes from Bucharest, Suceava and Chisinau to destinations in Greece, Italy, Germany and Israel using the Airbus A320 YR-BUZ, unlike the previous business model which relied exclusively on the B737-800.
Bees Airline operated scheduled and charter international and domestic flights to the following destinations:[7]
As of August 2024, Bees Airline operated the following aircraft:[8]