OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2011. AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines launches flights between Kiev and Krakow, the second largest city of Poland in terms of its territory and population. The Ukrainian carrier commences to operate the new route on March 1st, 2011, performing 4 flights per week - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Travel time between the cities is about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

The route will provide services for business, ethnic and tourist groups traveling to the Polish city which has been the state’s capital for several centuries and can boast a unique historic, cultural and architectural heritage.

At Borispol, the Ukrainian carrier’s base airport, the flight to Krakow will be connected with AeroSvit’s routes from the largest cities of Ukraine, including Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankovsk, Lugansk, Lvov, Odessa, Sevastopol, Simferopol and Kharkov, as well as with international flights from New York, Toronto, Beijing, Bangkok, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Almaty, Baku, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Dubai, Athens, Chisinau, Sofia and other cities.   

Tickets for Kiev - Krakow - Kiev route are available at the price from USD  127 (all charges and fees included) if purchased via www.aerosvit.com.

AeroSvit Airlines has been extensively working in the Polish market for over 10 years, providing flights on Kiev – Warsaw route. At present AeroSvit’s flights between ’s and ’s capitals are operated daily.

AeroSvit - Ukrainian Airlines, established in 1994, as of today is the largest Ukrainian network air carrier. AeroSvit operates over 70 international scheduled air routes, including 5 transcontinental - to New York, Toronto, Beijing, Delhi and Bangkok.

In 2010, AeroSvit launched 21 new scheduled international flights and significantly increased the flights frequency on existing routes. Since the beginning of winter season, AeroSvit has launched its own flights from Kiev to Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Copenhagen (Denmark), Minsk (Belarus), Yerevan (Armenia), Ganja (Azerbaijan), increased the number of flights to Bangkok, Beijing, Dubai, Vilnius, Istanbul and other cities.

AeroSvit operates long–haul Boeing 767 aircraft, medium–haul Boeing 737, Airbus 321, Airbus 320 and Embraer 195 aircraft and regional Embraer 145 and Antonov 148 aircraft on its routes.