Ernest Airlines is to be reborn this fall as a regional Italian carrier.

Ernest Airlines is to be reborn this fall as a regional Italian carrier. Until the Milan-based airline went bankrupt last January, it operated 13 routes between Italian and Ukrainian cities. Ukraine’s travel press is welcoming the news that the discount carrier is to emerge from bankruptcy. Italy’s Naviganti site notes that the fleet of the new Ernest will be 16 Franco-Italian-made turboprops. These regional planes seat 70 and have a range of 1,500 km. The flight distance from Milan to Kyiv is 1,700 km.