Wizz Air to place its third plane in its base in Kyiv and will start flying from Kyiv to Lisbon, Tallinn and Berlin, and from Kharkiv to Katowice, the airline has said in a press release on the occasion of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of its operation in Ukraine.
“In 2018, the airline doubles its operations in Ukraine,” acting Corporate Relations Head at Wizz Air Sorina Ratz said.
In addition, the airline will increase the weekly frequency of flights to seven popular destinations, adding a total of 24 flights a week.
Placement of the third airbus A320 in Kyiv, according to the airline, will create 100 jobs.
Flights Kyiv-Lisbon will be serviced on Tuesdays and Saturdays from June 21.
Flights Kyiv-Tallinn will be serviced on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from June 21.
Flights Kyiv-Berlin will be serviced daily from July 1, and flights Kharkiv-Katowice – on Wednesdays and Sundays from June 20.
BERLIN, FLYING, KATOWICE, KHARKIV, KYIV, LISBON, TALLINN, WIZZ AIR
Ukraine’s retail trade turnover, excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as Donbas, in January-May 2018 increased by 6.1% in comparable prices in comparison with January-May 2017, the State Statistics Service has said.
According to its data, in May 2018 compared to April of the current year retail trade turnover increased by 2.7%, compared to May 2017 it grew by 5.2%.
The highest growth in retail trade turnover in January-May 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 was observed in Luhansk (24.6%), Poltava (10.2%), Vinnytsia (9.8%), Donetsk (9.7%), Kyiv (8.7%), Zakarpattia (8.6%) and Ternopil (8.5%) regions.
In nominal terms, retail trade turnover for January-May of this year amounted to UAH 283.309 billion.
The leaders in terms of absolute indicators of retail trade turnover for the reporting period were Kyiv city (UAH 69.926 billion), Dnipropetrovsk (UAH 32.556 billion), Kharkiv (UAH 28.172 billion), Odesa (UAH 25.65 billion), Kyiv (UAH 24.646 billion), Lviv (UAH 21.788 billion), and Zaporizhia regions (UAH 14.902 billion).
According to statistics, retail trade turnover in Donetsk region in January-May 2018 in comparison with January-April 2017 increased by 9.7% (to UAH 10.555 billion), Luhansk region by 24.6% (to UAH 3.104 billion).
The service said the turnover of retail trade enterprises in May 2018 compared to May 2017 increased by 4.9%, and compared to April 2018 by 2.3%, amounting to UAH 54.294 billion.
The wholesale turnover of enterprises for the first five months of 2018 rose by 4.8% compared to the corresponding period in 2017, to UAH 846.382 billion.
As reported, retail trade turnover in Ukraine in 2017 grew by 8.8% and amounted to UAH 816.554 billion.
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Ukrainian passengers will soon be able to fly in the country through two more new airlines, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said.
“We are close to completing the creation of two new airlines that will fly in Ukraine. One is international, and the second is with Ukrainian capital,” he said at a meeting in the European Business Association.
The minister said at the first stage they will enter the market with a small number of aircraft.
At the same time, he did not specify other details.
As reported, this year SkyUp airline has entered the Ukrainian market. Its founder is ACS-Ukraine LLC of Tetiana Alba and Yuriy Alba, who also owns the JoinUp! travel operator. According to Yuriy Alba, in July the company plans to open sales for domestic flights to Odesa from Kyiv and Kharkiv, as well as for international flights from Kyiv to Barcelona, Larnaca, and Batumi.
Now the carrier owns two Boeing aircraft, which the company has leased. In future SkyUp plans to increase the fleet by ten aircraft.
Ukraine has been included in the worldwide program of squash development “Ambassador WSF 2018,” which implies the organization of a whole range of activities aimed at promoting this racket sport in Ukraine. Within the framework of the worldwide squash promotion program, the delegation of the World Squash Federation led by its CEO Andrew Shelley, legendary multiple world champion Rami Ashour (Egypt), and six-time European champion Camille Serme will visit Ukraine.
This year the program “Ambassador WSF 2018” is held in Armenia and Ukraine. Two leading squash players, an international coach and a referee take part in it. The program “Ambassador WSF 2018” will be held in Kyiv in the territory of the Grand Prix club on June 23-24. Within the framework of the project, coaching and referees’ seminars, demonstration matches, thematic conferences, sparring and the training of Ukrainian men’s and women’s national teams with the top world players, the training of children from the children’s squash academy, and a press conference are planned.
According to the report from the Ukrainian Squash Federation, the goal of the program is to raise the level of Ukrainian squash to European and world standards.
“More than 20 million people play squash all over the world. In Ukraine their number amounts to thousands. We have room for improvement, and we really are developing. Squash is appreciated as an entertaining sport and an excellent relaxation for amateur sportsmen. We are grateful to the World Squash Federation for including our country in the program of squash popularization and teamwork,” the program coordinator, Vice President of the Ukrainian Squash Federation Maksim Urakin said.
Squash is a sport with a ball and a racket played indoors. The game is conducted by special rackets on a court surrounded by walls from four sides. In 2003 the Forbes magazine recognized squash as one of the most “healthy sports” both in terms of injury rate and the most energy-consuming sport in the world by the number of calories burned.
Squash courts already operate in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Uzhgorod, Kherson, Lviv, and Khmelnytsky.
Sponsors and partners of the event:
– Grand Prix sports club,
– Interfax-Ukraine information agency,
– Park Inn hotel,
– MaxEvents company,
– In Vino wine salon,
– Oxy Taxi,
– restaurant O’GOROD,
– Boryspil airport,
– Boryspil Magazine,
– Miriada Fruits juices.
