The Sikorsky Kyiv international airport (Zhuliany) serviced 223,200 passengers in May 2018, which is 2.46 times more than in May 2017, the airport has reported. The number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 223,200 and on domestic flights – 7,600.
The number of flights in May 2018 totaled 2,920 (arrivals and departures), which is 138% more than a year ago, including 2,494 international flights and 426 domestic flights. The most popular international destinations in May 2018 were Antalya (Turkey), Minsk (Belarus), Ankara (Turkey), Warsaw (Poland), Dubai (the UAE), Rome (Italy) and Budapest (Hungary), and internal – Odesa, Zaporizhia and Lviv.
In January-May 2018, the airport serviced 856,800 passengers, which is 68.9% more than in January-May 2017. The number of passengers serviced on international flights totaled 824,000 and on domestic flights – 32,800.
The number of flights in January-May 2018 totaled 10,522 (arrivals and departures), which is 41.2% more than a year ago, including 8,759 international flights and 1,763 domestic flights.
During the UEFA Champions League finals which Kyiv hosted from May 25 through May 27, the airport serviced 421 flights of business aviation, 148 regular flights and 56 charter flights. A total of 29,000 passengers were serviced in three days.
On May 26, 2018, the airport serviced almost 11,000 passengers first in the whole history of the airport.
The Sikorsky Kyiv international airport (Zhuliany) is located in the business center of the capital, seven km from the city center. It is the second largest airport in Ukraine in terms of the number of flights and passenger traffic. The airport has three terminals with a total area is 21,000 square meters. Terminal B is separate facility for business-class service, it is part of the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) system. The airport’s runway is able to handle B-737 and A-320 aircraft.
UDP (Kyiv) has arranged a joint project to expand Dymerka solar power plant (Kyiv region) from 6 MW to 57.6 MW with Spain’s Acciona Energia Global, the press service of UDP has reported. “The first project of the Spanish energy giant on the Ukrainian market will be the development of the second, third and fourth stages of the Dymerka solar power plant in Kyiv region with a total peak capacity of 57.6 MW. The first phase of this plant was commissioned by UDP Renewables in the summer of 2017. The total volume of foreign direct investment only in this project is EUR 54.7 million,” UDP said.
The launch of the Dymerka solar power plant at a full capacity is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019.
The UDP said that they arranged with Acciona Energia Global to work together on a broad portfolio of investment projects in both solar and wind energy in the Ukrainian market.
As reported, the first stage of the solar power plant in the village of Velyka Dymerka (Kyiv region) with a capacity of 6 MW was registered for Dymerka solar power plant-1 LLC. The company belongs to the majority shareholder of the UDP development company Vasyl Khmelnytsky.
ACCIONA ENERGIA GLOBAL, BUILD, INVEST, JOINT PROJECT, KYIV REGION, POWER PLANT, UDP
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Ukraine exported 3,250 tonnes of cheese in January-May 2018, which is 0.7% less than in the same period in 2017. According to customs statistics released by the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms exports increased by 7.8%, to $12.24 million.
Cheese imports in January-May 2018 amounted to 4,650 tonnes, which is 30.5% more than in the same period in 2017. In monetary terms this figure increased 1.5-fold, to $23.36 million.
Exports of butter from Ukraine in January-May of this year increased 1.7-fold, to 14,790 tonnes. In monetary terms the figure amounted to $63.33 million. Butter imports rose 2.8-fold, to 483 tonnes ($3.17 million).
Exports of milk and cream (condensed) in January-May 2018 decreased 28.7%, to 13,026 tonnes. Ukraine supplied condensed milk and cream for a total of $21.88 million, which is 31.2% less than in January-May 2017.
The Kyivstar mobile communications operator with support of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine has launched m-Agri mobile application for small farms, the company has said in a press release.
“The business application should provide farmers with access to best practices, knowledge base, industry price proposals, news, training resources and online consultations, as well as to bring farmers to new markets to sell their products and provide them with opportunities to grow their business,” the operator said.
Currently, seven basic sections are available in the application: news, market prices, weather, finance, knowledge base, Smart Assistant and messages.
In the future, it is planned to supplement the functionality of the platform with financial services, a trading platform, and other things.
The application is designed for mobile devices on the Android system. It is free of charge for Kyivstar users.
On Google Play the application is a free trial version.
