Calculating that this is a lost year for aviation, the Rada slashed spending this week on two regional airports.

Calculating that this is a lost year for aviation, the Rada slashed spending this week on two regional airports. The new budget cuts Dnipro airport reconstruction spending by 90%, to $3.6 million. The delay will strengthen rival Zaporizhia’s position as the airport for Ukraine’s southeast. In March, Zaporizhia completed a multi-year, $40 million reconstruction of its runway and terminal. The new budget also cuts out funding to reopen Odesa’s Izmail airport. In the past, the airport had direct flights from Istanbul and Kyiv, making Izmail Ukraine’s jumping off point for Danube River tourism.