Ryanair ready to be first airline to enter Crimea after its liberation
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:37:32 +0200
Tamila Tasheva, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, has reported that a memorandum of cooperation regarding future operations in Crimea was signed with Ryanair last year.
Source Tasheva during the event entitled Ukraine 2050.
Dialogues about the Future, as reported by Ukrainian news outlet NV Details Ryanair CEOs stated that after Crimea is liberated and security is ensured, they are ready to be the first to enter Crimea and resume flights.
This is a question of tourism potential, so that its not just unsustainable tourism, as we remember it, but its a question of large network structures coming in, she said.
At the same time, Tasheva stressed that without infrastructure development and security restoration, it is challenging to discuss investments that could come to the peninsula.
For reference Ryanair, founded in Ireland, is Europes largest lowcost airline.
Background Flights to one of Ukraines airports Lviv or Boryspil Kyiv could restart by the end of January 2025.
Civil aviation flights over Ukraine were fully suspended on 24 February 2022.
In April 2023, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation Eurocontrol estimated in its 20232029 forecast that the restrictions on flights in Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian and Moldovan airspace would remain in place.
Boryspil International Airport announced in October 2023 that it would be ready to handle flights within one month of the war ending.
Andrii Yermak, Head of the Ukrainian Presidents Office, said in November 2023 that one of Ukraines civilian airports will most likely resume operations even before the war ends.
Supernova Airlines was granted permission to operate LvivPrague and KyivPrague flights with a frequency of seven flights per week for a regular international air service.
Ukraines Ministry for Communities and Territories Development, along with the directors of international airports, presented a roadmap for reopening Ukraines airspace during wartime.
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