Ukraine International Airlines, the country’s national airlines has launched daily flights between Budapest and Kiev, the first flight landed with nearly 150 passengers at Liszt Ferenc airport on Thursday, Budapest Airport told MTI on Friday.
The airline will fly Boeing 737-800 planes on the route.
The airline returned to Budapest after a five year break, chairman Juri Mirosnikov said. It is a lucky coincidence that the visa requirement between Ukraine and the European Union was phased out just a week earlier, Ukrainian ambassador to Hungary Liubov Nepop said.
MTI
