As work starts this month on a 3-year, $57 million rebuilding of Vinnytsia airport and runway, designers expect it will become a major airport for central Ukraine, handling 500,000 passengers a year, 10 times the 2019 volume. “The service area of Vinnytsia airport is more than 6 million residents of the regions,” Kirill Khomyakov, head of Ukrinfraproekt, the state infrastructure construction agency. “Modernization of the airport will create new jobs, increase tourism potential and contribute to the region’s economy.” Wizz Air has talked to city authorities about launching flights from Vinnytsia to Berlin, Budapest, Vienna and Warsaw.