The regional rivalry heats up this summer when Odesa’s new runway is to draw European discount airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan tells Radio Svoboda. Ukraine’s own discount airline, SkyUp, plans to launch flights June 2 to Odesa from Lviv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv Sikorsky. By June, SkyUp plans to have 10 Boeings in service, company CEO Yevgeny Khaynatsky tells the Center for Transportation Strategies news site. In one year, the new airline has gone from 17 employees to 250.
The regional rivalry heats up this summer when Odesa’s new runway is to draw European discount airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air
