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Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said the national low-cost airline SkyUp will start operating in April 2018.
"Today I'm happy to announce the creation of a Ukrainian 'low-coster', which will carry out domestic and international flights. It will start operating in April 2018," the minister said.
As UNIAN reported, Omelyan said earlier that a national low-cost air carrier might be created in 2017.
In November 2017, the minister stated that three more European low-cost airlines would enter the Ukrainian market the following year.
According to the press release of the airline, which was distributed at a press conference, charter flights in 2018 will be carried out from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa in 16 directions – Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Sharm El Sheikh, Hugarda, Tivat, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Alicante, Tirana, Rimini, Burgas, Varna, Larnaca, and Dubai.
Domestic scheduled flights will begin in late May in the following directions: Kyiv-Odesa, Kharkiv-Odesa, and Lviv-Odesa.
International scheduled flights in 2018 are planned for destinations Kyiv – Barcelona, Kyiv – Dubai, and Kyiv – Larnaka.
According to the SkyUP CEO Yevhen Khainatsky, the price for a one-way ticket to fly from Kyiv to Odesa will amount from UAH 499.
He also noted that the sale of tickets will be opened in March.