Odesa, the growth laggard of Ukraine’s top five airports, will see new flights this year.

Odesa, the growth laggard of Ukraine’s top five airports, will see new flights this year. In May, flights start from Baku, on Buta Airways, Azerbaijan’s discount airline, and from Prague on Czech Airlines. On June 2, SkyUp starts flights from Kharkiv and Kyiv Sikorsky. The real game changer will be rebuilding the 2.8 km runway, a $130 million project. Infrastructure Minister Omelyan predicts the job will be finished this year. In advance, he predicts, Ryanair or Wizz Air will start EU flights to Odesa this summer.