Effective summer 2019 Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) will extend its southeast Europe network, beginning operating its own non-stop scheduled flights to Bucharest, Sofia and Izmir.
Flights from Kiev to Sofia and Bucharest are scheduled for the beginning of the summer season — March 31, 2019, and from Kiev to Izmir — effective June 15, 2019. Flights from Kiev to Sofia will be operate daily aboard Embraer 145 regional jets.
In the meantime, flights between Kiev and Bucharest as well as between Kiev and Izmir will be operated by Boeing 737-800 medium haul aircraft.
At the same time during summer 2019, UIA will increase flight frequency on some routes. In particular, effective March 31, 2019, the number of flights between Kiev and Dnipro will be increased to three flights a day, the same frequency as between Kiev and Odessa.
The flight frequency between Kiev and Budapest will increase to twice daily.