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Ukraine expires on January 1, 2020. The parties met last time on September 19 in Brussels to talk about a new deal, with little tangible result. Among the Russian demands for a new deal was for Naftogaz to refuse $2.56bn compensation from Gazprom awarded by the Stockholm court in February 2018.
9.1.3 Transport sector news
● Planes
By 2024, the Zelenskiy government aims to increase air passenger traffic by 60%, to 32mn a year, according to a plan approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Extending the current air traffic revolution, the goal is to more than triple the discount share of the market, from 18% today to 63% in 2024. The government “said that the development of passenger aviation in Ukraine would ‘increase the mobility of the population and have a positive impact on labour productivity,” reports Routes Online in an article headlined: “Ukraine Eyes Further LCC Growth.” Perhaps following the political winds, the Kyiv Court of Appeal recently cancelled a previous decision to suspend the license of SkyUp.
Through September, traffic is up 22% at Kyiv Boryspil, compared to the same period last year. The nation’s busiest airport handled 11.6mn passengers, about 43,000 a day. Charter passengers accounted for 24%. Transfer passengers accounted for 22%, down slightly from last year. Through August, traffic at Ukraine’s top 10 airports was up by 19.4%, to 16mn. To cope with growth, Boryspil starts next year a 5-year, $300mn expansion plan.
A 51-year-old An-12 turboprop cargo plane crashed in the fog one
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