The national air company of Saudi Arabia and the leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, Flynas, has celebrated the appointment of the Ukrainian-Arab Company as its agent in Ukraine.
The event took place on Wednesday, 2 June, in the presence of Flynas CEO Bandar bin Abdul Rahman Al-Muhanna, airline employees and representatives of the Ukrainian-Arab Company.
This stage is a continuation of the airline’s strategy to open direct flights to Ukraine after the Ukrainian side canceled entry visas for Saudi Arabians.
The airline considers this event to be a new stage of expansion, since it is included in the plans to open new direct flights with various states, as well as with Ukraine. This step will help strengthen economic and tourism relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine.
Importantly that following the strict quarantine Flynas has launched a number of new flight routes to improve its strategy by opening new routes ahead of the 2021 summer season.
Flynas continues to expand its fleet with a plan to purchase 120 A320neo aircraft for a total value of 32 billion Saudi riyals, of which 15 new aircraft have been received to date.
Source: IA “Ukraine in Arabic”
Kazakhstan will start resuming passenger flights to and from a number of countries on August 17, the Kazakh Industry and Infrastructural Development Ministry said on Wednesday. “Starting on August 17, 2020, there will be phased resumption of international flights to the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Belarus, Germany, the Netherlands, Egypt, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation,” the ministry said.
The decision was made on August 11 by the interagency commission for coronavirus response with due account of the epidemiological situation reflected by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s chart.
The ministry noted that Kazakhstan’s agreement with the aviation authorities of the aforesaid countries was “preliminary.”
“The aforesaid countries support the resumption of flights to and from Kazakhstan in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements (thermometry, social distancing, masks, and PCR testing),” the ministry said.
‘Please note that flights to Russia will require permission from the Russian side,” it said.
The number of flights will be established on the basis of current intergovernmental agreements on air travel depending on the commercial load of aircraft on each of the routes.
International airport “Kyiv” named after Sikorsky began to accept international passenger flights, the airport’s website said in a statement.
The airport launches only eight flights out of 28 flights on June 17: Belavia flight to Minsk, Wizz Air flights to Dortmund, Budapest, London (Luton), Memmingham, Tallinn and Copenhagen, as well as Motor Sich flight to Zaporizhia. The airport also receives eight flights on arrival on Wednesday.
Only four flights out of 28 are available for departure in the schedule for June 18, and eight flights are available for arrival.
