Zelenskiy promises to build a $115 million new runway and terminal for Dnipro, the nation’s laggard airport.

Zelenskiy promises to build a $115 million new runway and terminal for Dnipro, the nation’s laggard airport. A tender for the airport project is to be posted next week, according to the President’s website. “We will help you. We will allocate funds because we understand what the airport is for a ‘millionaire’ city,” he said on a visit Friday to Dnipro, referring to the city’s population. The airport is controlled by Igor Kolomoisky, a media backer of the president and owner of UIA. Despite anemic passenger numbers — 149,000 for the first half of 2019 – Dnipro airport officials have refused to allow flights by Turkish Airlines and SkyUp, Ukraine’s discount airline.