The Ukrainian airline Air Ocean will stop operating flights until March 15, the airline’s press service has reported.
“Dear passengers, due to the delay in the delivery of aircraft and the need for scheduled maintenance of currently operated aircraft, the airline is forced to postpone flights with resumption starting from March 15, 2022,” the airline said in the report.
The press service also said that if the tickets were bought on the airline’s website, the funds will be automatically credited in full to the card from which the payment was made. If the ticket was purchased from an air travel agent, the passenger should contact the place of purchase for a refund of the ticket price. “Or we offer you to retain the right to fly with an open departure date, and when buying the next ticket, we provide a discount of 50% of the ticket price,” the airline said.
SkyUp Airlines, Azur Air Ukraine, Windrose and Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) received more than UAH 60.7 million in compensation from the state for returning citizens to their homeland in the spring of 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported on your Facebook page on Friday.
“Ukrainian air carriers were reimbursed more than UAH 60.7 million for the implementation of irregular international flights in the spring of 2020. The peculiarity of these flights was that they departed from Ukraine without passengers – that is, without commercial loading. The main task then was to return Ukrainian citizens home to conditions when countries around the world introduced a tough lockdown. I am very grateful to the Ukrainian airlines for the fact that they were able to respond to global challenges as quickly as possible,” Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said.
According to him, in such critical situations, the state does not have the necessary flexibility to make quick decisions to respond to such threats.
“This is one of the clearest examples of why Ukraine needs the state air carrier Ukraine National Airlines in the modern world,” he added.
Kherson International Airport to receive first flight after reconstruction in early 2022
Kherson International Airport, where reconstruction of a runway started this year, will receive its first flight in March 2022.
According to Kherson Regional State Administration with reference to first deputy director of Kherson International Airport Anatoliy Tkach, currently the construction readiness of the facility is already 95%.
Reconstruction of the runway at the airport is part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Great Construction program.
Now the airport is completing reconstruction of the runway, in the near future the installation of modern lighting and navigation equipment will begin, which will allow aircraft to land in difficult weather conditions.
Repair of the fence around the airport will begin next year. In addition, a waiting room on the second floor of the airport terminal, which had not been used before, will be reconstructed. A tender for these works with an expected cost of UAH 23 million has already been announced.
According to Tkach, before the start of reconstruction, the airport received four to five flights daily. After reconstruction, it will be able to increase the capacity to 10-15 flights, including high-capacity aircraft of the 4D category.
“Due to this, the passenger traffic will increase to 500,000 passengers per year, and the airport will be able to open new air routes. Representatives of the airport are already negotiating this issue with domestic and international airlines,” the statement says.
The runway of Kherson airport has been in operation since 1985 and during this time it has never been overhauled.
As reported, earlier it was planned to complete work and resume flight services by the end of 2021.
Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport (Zhuliany) expects a significant increase in the number of flights in 2022-2023, as a result of which it is planned to double passenger traffic, according to the airport’s website with reference to Board Chairman Denys Kostrzhevsky.
“Our forecasts for the resumption of passenger traffic came true by 98%. We celebrate the new year with pleasure from the work done in difficult 2021 and look to the future with the hope of an even greater increase in passenger traffic,” Kostrzhevsky is quoted as saying.
In his opinion, the next few years will not be easy for the airport team, since it will require considerable efforts, in particular, in connection with the planned expansion of Wizzair’s presence at the airport and preparations for a runway reconstruction in 2023-2024.
“2022 and 2023 are extremely important for us. We will have to make a lot of efforts, because we expect a significant increase in the number of flights. We plan to double our passenger traffic and actually accumulate a financial reserve so as not to lose the team during the period when reconstruction begins,” he said.
The board head also explained that reconstruction will last two years and will take place in two stages.
“In 2022, a runway reconstruction project will be approved and a source of funding for it will be found. The first stage of reconstruction is 2023. The airport staff will work as usual. During this year, aprons, taxiways and lighting equipment will be reconstructed. The second stage is 2024. We will stop the airport operation for the runway reconstruction, but we will keep all the jobs and salaries of employees. We will live on the savings that we will make in 2022-2023. After all, it is very important for me to preserve jobs, professional skills of our employees,” Kostrzhevsky said.
He also said that as a result of reconstruction, the airport’s production capacity will be increased, equipment will be updated, the quality of service and flight safety will improve, and the number of jobs will increase by a third.
Kherson International Airport, where reconstruction of a runway started this year, will receive its first flight in March 2022.
According to Kherson Regional State Administration with reference to first deputy director of Kherson International Airport Anatoliy Tkach, currently the construction readiness of the facility is already 95%.
Reconstruction of the runway at the airport is part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Great Construction program.
Now the airport is completing reconstruction of the runway, in the near future the installation of modern lighting and navigation equipment will begin, which will allow aircraft to land in difficult weather conditions.
Repair of the fence around the airport will begin next year. In addition, a waiting room on the second floor of the airport terminal, which had not been used before, will be reconstructed. A tender for these works with an expected cost of UAH 23 million has already been announced.
According to Tkach, before the start of reconstruction, the airport received four to five flights daily. After reconstruction, it will be able to increase the capacity to 10-15 flights, including high-capacity aircraft of the 4D category.
“Due to this, the passenger traffic will increase to 500,000 passengers per year, and the airport will be able to open new air routes. Representatives of the airport are already negotiating this issue with domestic and international airlines,” the statement says.
The runway of Kherson airport has been in operation since 1985 and during this time it has never been overhauled.
As reported, earlier it was planned to complete work and resume flight services by the end of 2021.
Swiss International Air Lines plans to launch regular flights on the Zurich-Odesa route.
According to the official Facebook page of the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine, the start of flights was announced on July 4, 2022.
According to the schedule, flights will be operated on Mondays and Thursdays.
Swiss International Air Lines, also known as SWISS, is Switzerland’s largest airline. It operates regular flights to European countries, North and South America, Africa and Asia. It is a member of the Star Alliance, a global airline passenger transportation alliance.
