Major Ukrainian airlines set up last flights for foreigners stuck in Ukraine and willing to go back home this week, despite international travel restrictions put in place on March 18, amid the country’s shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.
It is a chaotic situation for foreigners stuck in Ukraine and struggling to find proper information, as the schedules change day after day.
The two companies still operating in Ukraine are Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) and Sky Up, and the safest way to know about departures is by consulting the website of the main Kyiv Boryspil International Airport.
UIA announced on its website it would schedule flights to Brussels, Amsterdam, Baku, Copenhagen, London and Dubai on March 24.
The company also scheduled flight for New York and Toronto on March 25, as well as planes to London and Dubai on March 26. Flights depart to New York, London, Bangkok, Paris, Frankfurt, and Brussels on March 27.
Ukrainian low-cost charter air carrier Sky Up also scheduled numerous flights for foreigners.
On March 24, flights depart to Istanbul, Zagreb, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Munich, Paris and Dubai. On March 25, departures are scheduled to Prague, Paris, Helsinki, Delhi, and Yerevan, and on March 26 to Almaty, Paris, Berlin Tel-Aviv, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, and London.
The tickets on Sky Up cost from $150 to $300.
CORONAVIRUS IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- There have been 84 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ukraine. The first case was identified on March 3.
- Three people have died from COVID-19 in Ukraine. One person recovered.
- Three Ukrainians died from COVID-19 in Italy.
- How the Ukrainian government has been responding: TIMELINE
- To fight the spread of the virus, Ukraine shut down public transportation, domestic travel, restaurants.
- Kyiv went into quarantine, shutting down everything by supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, gas stations.
- Ukrainian lawmaker tested positive for COVID-19.
- Misinformation on coronavirus is going viral in Ukraine.
- Why the Kyiv Post isn’t making its coverage free in the times of COVID-19.
- Doctor’s advice: How to stay safe.
- Foreign Ministry: What you need to know about traveling to and from Ukraine now
Effects on economy:
- Here’s what the virus is doing to Ukraine’s economy.
- Ukrainian businesses respond to the crisis.
- The virus disrupts the transport sector. Ukrainian airlines canceled some flights to 16 countries due to the novel coronavirus.
- The National Bank of Ukraine continued to cut the policy rate while trying to buffer the hryvnia from coronavirus panic.
- The former minister of economy says half a million Ukrainians may lose their jobs in the COVID-19 crisis.
