Rada ratifies Ukraine and the EU agreement on a common aviation area

The Verkhovna Rada ratified the Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on the Common Aviation Area. 311 deputies voted for the ratification of the agreement on Thursday. The purpose of the agreement is the gradual creation of common airspace between Ukraine and the EU and its Member States, based, in particular, on identical rules … Read more

Govt allocates UAH 16.6B to guarantee flight safety in Ukraine’s airspace – Shmyhal

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is allocating UAH 16.6 billion to guarantee the safety of flights in Ukraine’s airspace, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said. He wrote this on Telegram. “Today, at an extraordinary meeting, we approved changes to the use of funds from the state budget’s reserve fund. We also allocated funds to ensure … Read more

Vueling starts operating flights from Ukraine

Spanish low cost airline Vueling Airlines has launched Paris–Kyiv scheduled flights. “We are happy to welcome another airline to our aviation family – Vueling Airlines. As of today, 38 airlines fly on 118 routes to the Boryspil Airport, thus indicating the rapid resumption of passenger traffic and proving the fact that our strategy to attract … Read more

Passenger flow at Boryspil Airport may reach 9.5M in 2021

Passenger traffic at Boryspil International Airport is expected to reach 9.5 million passengers in 2021. Director of International Boryspil Airport Oleksiy Dubrevskyi said this at the infrastructure forum “Great Construction: Aviation. Tourism” on Thursday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “In 2021, the airport plans to serve 9.5 million passengers, which proves traffic resumption at 62% of … Read more

Number of flights in Ukrainian airspace reached almost 84% of pre-crisis level

In October 2021, the Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) provided air navigation services to 25,090 flights of Ukrainian and foreign airlines performed in the Ukrainian airspace, which is 83.8% of the pre-crisis October 2019 level. The press service of UkSATSE wrote this on Facebook. According to UkSATSE, Ukrainian airlines performed 8,569 flights in October … Read more

Ukraine and the European Union have signed an agreement on the Common Aviation Area

Ukraine and the European Union have signed a long-awaited agreement on the Common Aviation Area, known as the Open Skies Agreement. The signing ceremony took place as part of the EU-Ukraine Summit on October 12 in Kyiv. On the Ukrainian side, the agreement was signed by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, on the EU side, by … Read more

Boryspil Airport included in ranking of Europe’s most efficient airports

Boryspil International Airport took fourth place in the latest ranking of airports with passenger traffic from 10 to 25 million passengers, according to the report for July 2021 released by Airports Council International (ACI Europe). “Passenger traffic is resuming, and we see a positive tendency in traffic every day. The airport team is actively working … Read more

“We start our work”: Zelenskyy wants to create a national airline by the end of the year

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to involve the French consulting company, Aerogestion, in creating a Ukrainian national air carrier; they want to create an airline by the end of the year. The Office of the President reported this following a meeting between Zelenskyy and Aerogestion Director Marc Roche. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister … Read more

UIA cuts number of scheduled flights by 49% in H1 2021

Ukraine International Airlines performed 2,039 scheduled flights in January-June 2021, which was 49% less than in the same period of 2020 and 85% less than in the first half of 2019, the company’s press service has told Ukrinform. According to the report, UIA performed 2,108 charter flights in the first half of 2021, compared to … Read more