Foreign airlines increasingly fly over Ukrainian airspace

Foreign airlines increasingly fly over Ukrainian airspace, according to the latest figures of UkSATSE, the national air traffic controller company. In January, overflights were up 14.3% y-o-y, to 8,180 – the fastest growing segment for controllers. By contrast, Ukraine’s domestic flights were up by 1.5%, to 1,783, and international flights were up 2.8%, to 11,540. After July 2014 the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Russia-controlled Donbas, overflights of Ukrainian territory plummeted and UkSATSE lost half of its budget