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ALMOST 3.5 MLN UKRAINIANS TRAVEL BY AIR IN 2016 – AMADEUS

17 March , 2017  

KYIV. March 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Some 3.49 million Ukrainian citizens travelled by air in 2016, domestic flights accounted for 36.7%, Amadeus Ukraine’s press service has reported with reference to Amadeus booking data.

The split according to the geography of flights from Ukraine was the following: Russia accounted for 8%, Turkey for 6.2%, Germany for 5.7%, Italy for 2.9%, Belarus for 2.8%, Israel for 2.3%, Austria for 2.3%, France for 2.3%, Poland for 2.3%, and the United States for 2.2%.

Spain accounted for 1.9%, Georgia for 1.8%, the Netherlands for 1.8%, the UK for 1.5%, Moldova for 1.2%, the UAE for 1.2%, China for 1.2%, Switzerland for 1.1%, Kazakhstan for 1%, and Lithuania for 1%.

The most popular destinations for domestic flights were Kyiv (27%), Odesa (3.2%), Lviv (1.7%), Kharkiv (1.7%), and Dnipro (1.1%).

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