AirBaltic has developed a plan for the rapid resumption of flights to Ukraine
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Latvian airline AirBaltic has developed a plan for the rapid resumption of flights to Ukraine after the opening of airspace. The company plans to move capacities from other destinations and base aircraft at Ukrainian airports.
The airline airBaltic stated that it had split up the plan to send Poland to Ukraine in a short term in order to cover the interior of the country. About tse UNN We will send messages to Bloomberg.
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The Latvian airline plans to move capacity from other destinations to Ukraine as soon as it is safe, chief executive Martin Gauss said in an interview on Monday. According to him, AirBaltic also wants to leave several planes in Ukraine overnight.
"We can fly tonight if it's safe," he said. "I would even fly there empty if it was clear that we could fly, and I would sell the tickets, and the tickets would be sold.
The opening of airspace and airports will provide AirBaltic with an additional key market, given the high demand for travel to Ukraine, Gauss said. The airline will also be able to cross Ukrainian airspace to fly a more direct route south of Latvia to destinations such as Dubai and Greece.
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AirBaltic previously operated flights from Kiev, Lviv and Odessa.
Now a number of international airlines are assessing when and how to resume flights to Ukraine, when the airspace will reopen. In particular, Ryanair Holdings Plc promised to deploy 30 aircraft in Ukraine and help restore the country's aviation industry after the end of the war.
At the end of October, Ukraine presented a roadmap for opening airspace under martial law, presenting a step-by-step plan and needs for partial opening of airspace.
On November 7 , Crispin Ellison, senior partner of insurance broker Marsh McLennan, stated at the Kiev International Economic Forum (Kief) that there are 5-6 airlines that would like to start flying in the Ukrainian airspace from January 2025. Boryspil Airport is an initial idea. But everything will depend on the protection of the air.
On November 27, Deputy Minister of community and Territory Development Timur Tkachenko said in a telethon that all state bodies are currently working on the possibility of partially opening the airspace of Ukraine, but due to the very high level of threats, this remains unlikely in the short term .
