OREANDA-NEWS. Ukraine International Airlines started to perform daily flights Kiev-St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg-Kiev.

On February 22, 2013 the official ceremony of flight introduction and first passenger honouring was held at Pulkovo Airport. Fedor Sulatskov an engineer from Rivne city who is involved in construction of the glass factory in Vsevolozhsk went home on his holiday and became the first checked-in passenger. The Airport presented him with promotional gifts and UIA - a gift certificate for flights Kiev-St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg-Kiev.

New daily flights will be performed by a modern aircraft Boeing-737 with economy class and business class configuration. The return ticket price counting in all charges is USD 458. Time en-route is two hours.

“Flights to Ukraine are traditionally very popular. Last year more than 200 000 people went from St. Petersburg to Kiev and other cities of Ukraine, such as Kharkiv, Donetsk and Odessa. The total passenger flow increase on these routes is almost 17%. Despite the cancellation of AeroSvit Airlines flights, we expect a considerable increase of passenger flow in 2013 due to UIA flight introduction and increased activity of other carriers on this route” said Eugeniy Ilyin Chief Commercial Officer, Northern Capital Gateway LLC.

Ukraine International Airlines offer convenient connections for passengers traveling by transit flights from St. Petersburg to the regions of Ukraine as well as to Tbilisi, Batumi, Sochi, Istanbul, Baku, Yerevan, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Beijing and other eastern destinations.

Ukraine International Airlines is the flag carrier of Ukraine constituted in 1992. 100% of its shares are privately owned. The fleet consists of 21 medium-range aircrafts Boeing-737. UIA connects Ukraine with 40 capitals and main cities of Europe, Asia, Africa and CIS, also providing connections with routes of international partners to more than 3000 other cities around the world. The airline performs nearly 700 international and domestic flights per week.