About Cavok Air
Shaped by the realities of non-standard freight.
The airline was built around a gap that kept appearing: cargo that didn’t fit, routes that had no reliable solution, and environments where the plan rarely stays unchanged for long.
Since 2012
Continuous operations
CargoLine
International callsign
5 continents
Active operations
AN-12
At the centre of the fleet
Our story
How it all took off.
From the founding principle to the first flight, the airline was built around a specific type of work rather than a general freight model.
2011
The airline was founded to support cargo operations requiring flexibility in routing, loading and operational planning. The name came from an aviation weather term, CAVOK, Ceiling And Visibility OK, chosen not as a promise that every mission would be straightforward, but as a statement of how the airline intended to show up for every one.
2012
Operations began with the Antonov AN-12, selected not for scale, but for the type of work the airline was built to support. Rear ramp loading, onboard handling equipment and operation from unprepared airfields allowed the aircraft to support cargo movements that conventional freighters often could not. From the first flight, the callsign CargoLine could be heard across multiple continents.
2012 – present
Over more than a decade, Cavok Air built its record across an expanding range of cargo types and destinations, industrial equipment, dangerous goods, humanitarian cargo and project freight across unfamiliar airfields, changing routing conditions and multiple jurisdictions simultaneously.
Today
The AN-12 remains at the centre of the operation. So does the standard set at the beginning, to be the operator that cargo brokers and freight forwarders can call when the shipment is difficult, the route has no obvious answer, and the margin for error is zero. That has not changed. It will not.
Regions operated
Safety & certifications
Approved, audited, and operating to demanding international standards.
Safety is not a department at Cavok Air. It is the operating standard against which every flight, every plan and every decision is measured. The following certifications and approvals are maintained and updated continuously.
Regulatory
Airline Operator Certificate
Issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of Ukraine. ICAO: CVK. Callsign: CargoLine. In continuous operation since 2012.
Dangerous goods
IATA DGR Approval
Approved for carriage of dangerous goods across all hazard classes in accordance with current IATA DGR. Updated annually.
Security
ACC3 Designation
EU air cargo security designation covering operations into EU airports. Required for cargo carried on flights into European airspace.
Safety management
Safety Management System
Formal SMS covering hazard identification, risk assessment, safety reporting and continuous improvement. Continuously maintained.
Operational compliance
Operational Compliance
International cargo operations managed in accordance with applicable regulatory, security and dangerous goods requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
Maintenance
Airworthiness & Maintenance
Continued airworthiness and maintenance oversight managed in accordance with approved maintenance programmes and applicable regulatory standards.
Get in touch
If you have a shipment that requires this kind of operation, we are ready to discuss it.
Dimensions, weight, routing and handling constraints all help us assess the movement correctly from the start.