Passenger traffic in Ukraine increases 25% in first three quarters of 2016

The number of passengers served by Ukrainian carriers has almost reached the pre-crisis 2013 levels

For the first nine months of 2016, Ukrainian airlines carried 26.7% more passengers than in the same period of last year, coming to a total of 6.195 million, according to data from the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine.

The carriers transported 5.607 million passengers on international routes, an increase of 26.6%, while 588,700 passengers travelled domestically, an increase of 27.6% over the 2015 figure.

A total of 19 Ukrainian carriers offered services during the first three quarters of 2016. The biggest of these was Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), which grew 22.6%. Also in the top were Azur Air Ukraine, which grew 13%, Windrose Airlines (increase 44.1%), YanAir (growth of 920%), and AtlasJet Ukraine. These airlines together served 93% of the Ukrainian air passenger market.

Ukrainian carriers also showed growth in the freight and mail sector, which showed an 18% growth. UIA and Antonov played the biggest roles in this sector.

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The State Aviation Administration of Ukraine also published the results for all of Ukraine’s 19 airports, which showed an increase in passenger traffic, albeit at a slower rate–19.8% (up to 9.652 million passengers). Kyiv’s two airports, Boryspil and Zhuliany, managed to increase their passenger traffic by 15.8% and 7.1%, respectively. The greatest increases in this sector were demonstrated by local airports, in particular at Vennitsa, which increased its passenger traffic by 440%, Ivano-Frankivsk, with an increase of 240%, Kryvyi Rih, also by 240%, and Zaporizhia, by 220%.

Dnipropetrovsk and Uzhhorod showed a fall in passenger traffic numbers in the first nine months of this year, with a decrease of 68.4% and 16.1%, respectively.

The number of passengers served by Ukrainian carriers has almost reached the pre-crisis 2013 levels, when the number of passengers amounted to 6.252 million for the period of January through September.