Meest Express launches its own air delivery from U.S. to Ukraine

The postal and logistics operator Trade House Meest Express LLC (Meest Express, Lviv) has launched air delivery from the United States to Lviv.

"Meest is the first Ukrainian postal and logistic company with its own air delivery from the United States. Today we met the charter flight we rented in Lviv – Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of the LOT airline – with parcels of our dear customers," President of Meest Rostyslav Kysil wrote on his Facebook page.

He also said that this flight was the first transatlantic flight in Lviv.

The Lviv international airport said in a report that the Polish airline LOT performed the first test flight for Meest Express.

"We are very pleased with the opening of long-haul cargo transportation to Lviv. Since the onset of the aviation crisis, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have actively switched to finding alternative sources of income… Today, we have a beautiful Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner cargo aircraft from the airline LOT, performing a test presentation flight. Next, we will continue to work on which airline will deliver goods to Lviv," Director General of the Lviv airport Tetiana Romanovska said.

According to her, the opening of such flights will save the situation with the financial condition of the enterprise and will provide an opportunity to improve it in the winter.

"From now on, the Lviv airport becomes not only a passenger, but also a cargo aviation hub," Romanovska said.

Meest Group is part of Meest Corporation Inc. (Toronto, Canada). It provides postal and logistics services in 20 countries: Canada, the United States, Ukraine, Australia, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Poland, China, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Israel.

Source: www.en.interfax.com.ua