Olga Tovkes, general director of Master-Avia that manages Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany), poses for a picture on May 13, 2021. Zhuliany airport’s passenger traffic suffered a 71.3% drop in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Out of 20 airports in Ukraine, 12 are falling apart. That’s how aviation experts put it.
The awful state of the local airports, along with high taxes on aviation fuel, is the reason why few people travel by air domestically in Ukraine.