Crew members wearing protective gear pose for a picture on a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv on June 13, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely hit air travel around the world and Ukraine is no exception: the number of flights in local airports dropped by 56.6% compared to last year, reaching only 15,000 in September, Ukrainian state enterprise on air traffic UkSATSE reported on Oct. 7.
The decrease is sharper than was expected. In April, experts from Eurocontrol, the European organization for the safety of air navigation, forecast a 40% decline.
