Ryanair cancels plans to fly to Ukraine

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair canceled plans to start flying to Ukraine, saying the main airport in Kiev had not honored terms agreed earlier this year. “Kiev airport has chosen to protect high fare airlines and deprive Ukrainian consumers/visitors access to Europe’s lowest air fares,” Ryanair said in a statement. According to the CEO of Kiev Boryspil Airport Pavlo Riabikin, Ryanair’s demands were unacceptable, and against the Ukrainian law. They reportedly included, lifting airport fees for the airline, free advertisements and 35 percent of the revenue from the airport’s duty-free shops. Ryanair said it would transfer the capacity to other markets, such as Germany, Israel, and Poland. Ryanair planned to have regular flights to Lviv from Wrocław and Cracow, which have been scrapped. Other low-cost airline present on the Polish market WizzAir, has several connections between Poland and Ukraine.