Passenger traffic on the western border of Ukraine on the day of the celebration of the Eastern rite of Easter by Christians has almost halved compared to the recent average – to 33,000, becoming the lowest since the beginning of the war, the State Border Service reported on Monday.
As the agency pointed out on Facebook, the flow to leave on Sunday, April 24, decreased to 16 thousand from 24 thousand the day before, while the flow to enter – to more than 17 thousand from 33 thousand, including Ukrainians – to more than 15 thousand from 30 thousand
Thus, for the fourth day in a row, the entry flow exceeded the exit flow: in total, over these days, according to the State Border Service, 23,000 people entered Ukraine, or 22.3% more than they left.
The agency clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo fell to 120 from 450 the day before.
According to data from the Polish Border Service on Twitter, on April 24, 11.8 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 21.1 thousand the day before. In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 9.8 thousand, which is 35% less than on April 23 (15.1 thousand), and over the first 7 hours of Monday it decreased by another 31% to 1.8 thousand.
In total, since the beginning of the war, the Polish border agency points out, 2.944 million people have entered the country from Ukraine, and 860 thousand in the opposite direction.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 24, a total of 5.23 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which 2.91 million went to Poland, 843.74 thousand to Romania and Moldova. , Russia – 605.82 thousand, Hungary – 492.98 thousand, Slovakia – 355.59 thousand, Belarus – 24.48 thousand.
At the same time, according to the State Border Service, 1.17 million people have entered Ukraine by this date since February 28.
Passenger traffic from the EU countries and Moldova to enter Ukraine on April 16 for the first time since the start of the war by Russia exceeded the flow to exit, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports. The day before, for the first time since February 24, a similar fact was recorded on the Polish-Ukrainian section of the border.
According to the agency on Facebook, on April 16, a record high number of people again entered Ukraine – more than 38 thousand compared to more than 36 thousand the day before, including Ukrainians – 35 thousand compared to 32 thousand on Friday.
At the same time, the flow in the opposite direction decreased to more than 32,000 from almost 38,000 a day earlier.
The agency also clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo increased to 500 from 420-425 in the previous two days.
According to the data of the Polish border service on Twitter, on April 16, 22 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 25.1 thousand the day before.
In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 19.2 thousand, which is 21% less than on April 15, and over the first 7 hours of Sunday it fell by another 22.5% to 4.2 thousand.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 15, a total of 4.84 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which Poland received 2.74 million, Romania and Moldova – 797.31 thousand, Russia – 484.73 thousand, Hungary – 454.1 thousand, Slovakia – 332.71 thousand, Belarus – 22.83 thousand.
Passenger traffic on the western section of the border on April 11 amounted to over 62 thousand, which is 8 thousand, or 11.4% less than the day before.
“Compared to the previous day, there is a decrease in the intensity of passenger traffic,” the State Border Service said on Tuesday.
The agency clarified that more than 35,000 left Ukraine against 39,000 a day earlier, and almost two-thirds of those who left came to Poland, which is in line with average values.
According to the State Border Service, the flow of people entering Ukraine on April 12 also decreased to over 27,000 from the maximum 30,000 recorded on the weekend since the beginning of the war. Including Ukrainian citizens, 24,000 entered on Monday against 27,000 on Sunday.
According to the data of the Polish border service on Twitter, on April 11, 24 thousand people entered the country from Ukraine, which is 16% less, and in the first 7 hours of Tuesday, the flow decreased by another 14%, to 5.1 thousand. In the direction of Ukraine on Monday 16.6 thousand people left against 19.4 thousand people the day before.
The State Border Service of Ukraine also reported that over the past day the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo fell to 390 from 460 the day before.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 10, a total of 4.55 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war, of which Poland received 2.62 million, Romania and Moldova – 771.32 thousand, Hungary – 424.37 thousand. , Russia – 404.42 thousand, Slovakia – 317.78 thousand, Belarus – 20.74 thousand.
Ukrainian airports in 2021, according to recent data, served 16.221 million passengers, which is 87.2% more than in 2020.
According to the website of the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine, on international routes, passenger traffic at airports over the past year increased by 93.4% – to 14.753 million people.
Ukrainian airlines served 9.348 million people in 2021 (more by 94.9%), including in international traffic, almost 8.623 million people were transported (up 101.1%).
At the same time, over the past year, airlines operated 73,800 commercial flights (an increase of 62.9%), including 59,900 international (up 69.7%).
As reported, in 2020 Ukrainian airports served 8.664 million passengers, which is 64.4% less than in 2019.
According to preliminary data, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) carried about 3.2 million passengers in 2021, which is 1.7 times higher than the result for 2020 (about 1.8 million people).
“The total number of passengers planned for 2022 will be about 4.3 million. This is 36% higher than in 2021. We do not expect a rapid increase in the company and the volume of traffic, because the situation is such that we do not expect any special charms this year. But, nevertheless, today, the company is in a very balanced and economically correct state,” CEO of the airline Yevhen Dykhne said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
He also said that in 2022, UIA expects a reduction in the share of charter passenger traffic in the total volume of its traffic to 24%, while in 2021 this share was about 50%.
“We expect the financial result of 2021 to be positive. We had a very good result for 10 months. It was an operating result of about $15 million. We see that we will also end the year in positive numbers. What numbers? There will be the financial report, then we will be able to talk about it,” Dykhne said.
UIA transported 1.787 million passengers in 2020, which is 75% less than in 2019 (about 8 million people).
According to the financial statements of UIA, in the first nine months of 2021 its profit amounted to UAH 1.09 billion.
In 2020, the airline’s loss amounted to UAH 4.5 billion, which, according to its data, was primarily due to the industry-wide crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It finished 2019 with a profit of UAH 1.6 billion versus a loss of UAH 2.7 billion in 2018.
Ukrainian transport companies carried almost 2.428 billion passengers in January-November 2021, which is 3.5% more than in the same period in 2020, the State Statistics Service reported.
The passenger turnover of transport companies amounted to 57.4 billion passenger-kilometers in January-November 2021, which is 27.5% more than in 2020.
According to the State Statistics Service, 75 million passengers used railway transport during the specified period (including city train traffic), which is 19.6% more than in January-November 2020, and 999.4 million passengers (0.8% more) used road transport services.
Air transport increased passenger traffic by 92.3%, to 8.7 million people.
In addition, according to the State Statistics Service, over 11 months of 2021, some 364 million passengers used trams (5.8% less versus January-November 2020), 437.2 million (17.7% more) used subway, and 542.8 million (2.7% more) used trolleybuses.
During the specified period, water transport carried 500,000 passengers (51.1% more).
As noted by the State Statistics Service, the figures are given without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, Sevastopol and part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions not controlled by the government.
