Pegasus Airlines may launch Ukrainian subsidiary, order more A321neos

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines is considering setting up a subsidiary in Ukraine and may also increase its order for Airbus A321neos, according to Emre Pekesen, sales and network planning director at the carrier. Management have held talks with Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry in Kiev about the possible joint venture, which would be majority owned by Ukrainian investors and would fly under a Ukrainian operating license. Pegasus already runs one such joint venture, Air Manas, formerly branded Pegasus Asia, in the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. “Ukraine is really an under-served market. Only one carrier is very active, that’s UIA [Ukraine International Airlines] … It’s a huge country, the population is huge, and it’s in the middle of [a region with] expanding GDPs, said Pekesen. <br/>