Kyiv’s first scheduled flights to Sicily and to the Canary Islands

Kyiv’s first scheduled flights to Sicily and to the Canary Islands are among new flights announced by SkyUp a new Ukrainian low cost airline which has three Boeings based at Kyiv Sikorsky. In late December, SkyUp starts flying to Barcelona, Sofia, Tbilisi and to Proprad, Slovakia’s Tatra mountain ski resort town. In the spring, it starts flights to Lanarca, Cyprus, Catania, Naples, Rimini, and to Alicante and Tenerife, Canary Islands. On June 2, it starts flights from Kyiv to Odesa, and from Kharkiv to Odesa, the first such flight in years. Infrastructure Minister Vladimir Omelyan writes on Facebook about SkyUp’s flight plans for 2019: “The battle for Ukraine begins not only for international, but also for domestic destinations.”