"Wizz Air Ukraine" starts to fly from Kharkiv

Since July 1, Kharkiv residents and residents of the region will be able to acquire cheap tickets for flights operated on the route "Kharkiv - Kutaisi." The first Ukrainian low-cost company "Wizz Air Ukraine" will act as a carrier. This was reported by representatives of the carrier on February 14th at a press conference in Kyiv.
"These are our first steps in Kharkiv taken for the development of network operations at an affordable price. We believe that the new flights will help passengers to discover a low-cost travel, will contribute to the economy and create new jobs in Eastern Europe ", - said Akos Bush, CEO of "Wizz Air Ukraine".
This is not the first experience of organizing the available air services between the airports of Ukraine and Georgia for the company. Since the autumn of 2012 "Wizz Air Ukraine" has daily flights on the route "Kiev - Kutaisi." Tickets for the flight will begin from 341 UAH. The company stated that similar rates will be valid on the route "Kharkiv - Kutaisi" from July 1, 2013, to which flights will be carried out 2 times a week (Mondays and Fridays). Availability of tickets is one of the competitive advantages of "Wizz Air Ukraine". The company keeps prices low, despite the fact that over the past seven years, the cost of fuel in the total cost of the flight to the average rose from 20% to 40%, as Akos Bush told reporters in Kharkiv. "But that does not mean that the company is willing to compromise in any matters relating to safety," - said General Director of "Wizz Air Ukraine".
"This is good news for Kharkiv - we have continued to develop air transport. Why cooperation with "Wizz Air Ukraine" is so important? A special feature of this company - low cost tickets. If the "Wizz Air Ukraine" will be presented in Kharkiv, the cost of air travel will meet the cost of travel to Kiev by train or by car, and the cost of the flight to Europe will be comparable to the cost of the flight to Kiev! We are ready to give company all the opportunity to do business in the Kharkiv region, because it is a very good infrastructure project that we implement together with the airport, "- said Andrew Mochenkov, Deputy Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration at a press conference.
For the international airport "Kharkiv" first experience of cooperation with "Wizz Air Ukraine" is the next step in the implementation of programs aimed at increase of the number of carriers, and the geographic expansion of direct flights. That is the task that was given to airport administration by the investor of the reconstraction Alexander Yaroslavsky. "Kharkov - Kutaisi" is the second flight, the beginning of which management Slobozhanshchina air gates reported in February 2013. Previously was released information on the initiation of direct flights on the route "Kharkiv - Baku". The company is not going to stop at this point, the airport intends to expand cooperation with existing partner airlines, as well as attract new carriers. "We are honored to take Euro 2012, our passenger - more than half a million people  that we took over the year 2012. To date, the growth rate of the airport - one of the best in Ukraine. Our main goal is the development of route networks. "Wizz Air Ukraine" in this area is one of the most important places, and we expect that the route to Kutaisi will be not the only one, because we are also interested in flights to Europe ", - told reporters Vladimir Vasil, CEO of the International Airport "Kharkiv".
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International Airport "Kharkiv” (http://hrk.aero/) - one of the key objects of the capital of Slobozhanshchina, reconstructed in preparation for the finals of the European Football Championship in 2012. The start of such a large-scale project was given on April 1, 2008, when the company "New Systems AM" (of DCH, the owner - known Ukrainian businessman, investor and general coordinator of Kharkiv's preparations for Euro 2012 in 2005-2012. - President of FC "Metalist" Alexander Yaroslavsky) won the competition for the long-term lease of the integral property complex of the Kharkiv airport.
Reconstruction of the International airport "Kharkiv" implemented in the format of a public-private partnership. Total investment in the project of Alexander Yaroslavsky is 7,200,000 (the airport complex and the surrounding area). The amount of funding allocated from the State budget for the reconstruction of the airport complex, - $ 191.3 million
"Wizz Air Ukraine" - the first budget (low-cost) air company licensed by the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. In 2012 the airline carried 630 million passengers and currently operates 2 aircraft Airbus A320. In 2013, "Wizz Air Ukraine" plans to carry about 1.3 million passengers and increase the fleet to four planes Airbus A320.
"Wizz Air Ukraine" is a part of Wizz Air, which is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently the airline operates 39 aircraft Airbus A320, which transport passengers from 16 bases on more than 250 routes and 83 destinations in 29 countries. The team of the 1.5 million professionals provides the highest quality services at competitive low prices, making more than 13.5 million passengers in 2013 able to use the services of Wizz Air.