Page 64 - UKRRptFeb21

9.1.3​ Transport sector news
Passenger transportation dropped in half in 2020, ​reports the State Statistics Service. Of the 54% y/y drop, the biggest was air travel, down 64%. Train travel was down 63%. Car, bus and city transport were down by around 40%. Dragon Capital writes: “The drop in passenger transportation last year was the steepest on record.”
● Planes
The airports of Ukraine in 2020, according to recent data, served 8.664
million passengers, which is 64.4% less than in 2019​.
According to the website of the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine, on international routes passenger traffic of Ukrainian airports during this period decreased by 65.3%, to almost 7.628 million people.
According to the statistics, in 2020 Ukrainian airlines served almost 4.793 million people, which is 65% less than in 2019. Of these, almost 4.284 million people were transported in international traffic (down by 65.8%).
At the same time, over the past year, Ukrainian airlines performed 44,200 commercial flights (a decrease of 57.2%), including 34,600 international (less by 60.1%).
As reported, the airports of Ukraine in 2019 served 24.337 million passengers, which is 18.5% more than in 2018.
Regional airports are primed for a post pandemic takeoff. ​UkSATSE traffic numbers for 2020 confirmed the dominance of Kyiv’s two big airports – Boryspil (47,524 flights) and Sikorsky (12,805). The air traffic control agency’s graphic on Facebook shows a second layer that is catching up with Sikorsky: Lviv (9,850), Odesa (9,282), and Kharkiv (7,576). A third layer shows potential: Dnipro (4,174), Poltava (4,119) and Zaporizhia (4,087). This winter, Dnipro starts a 3-year, $100mn rebuild of its runway and terminal. Last spring, Zaporizhia inaugurated its new terminal. And Poltava’s air traffic is entirely charter aircraft. Scheduled flights are expected to follow -- once EU travel restrictions lift.
Kyiv Boryspil ended 2020 with passenger traffic down by two thirds,
compared to 2019. Last year Ukraine’s largest airport, handled 5.1mn passengers, down from 15.3mn in 2019. And traffic did not improve in December, normally a busy travel month. Passengers on charter flights were down 53%, passengers on scheduled flights were down 74%, and transit passengers were down by 91%.
● Trains
Ridership on the Kyiv metro fell last year by 44%, to 279.5mn passengers​, Viktor Braginsky, head of the subway system reported yesterday. The loss of 215.8mn passengers means a loss of $61mn in fares. As usual, the busiest line was the east-west Red line, which carried almost 114mn people. The Blue line came in second with 98mn riders. The Green line came in third with 68mn riders.
64​ UKRAINE Country Report​ February 2021 ​ ​www.intellinews.com