Ukraine promises funds to keep flights passing through its airspace [View all]
Source: dw.com Duetsche Welle
KLM said it would stop services to Ukraine and Germany's Lufthansa also said it was considering stopping flights. As a result, Kyiv has allocated funds to guarantee the continuation of flights through its airspace.
Ukraine has allocated 16.6 billion hryvnia ($592 million, €520 million) to ensure the continuation of flights through the country's airspace despite fears in the West of a possible Russian invasion, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Sunday.
Shmygal said the money had been reserved "to ensure flight safety in Ukraine for insurance and leasing companies."
"This decision will stabilize the situation on the market of passenger air transportation and will guarantee the return to Ukraine of our citizens who are currently abroad," he said.
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