Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany)

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The airport Zhulyany ( Ukr: Міжнародний аеропорт " Київ " ( Жуляни ) rus. Международный аэропорт " Киев " ( Жуляны )) ( IATA: IEV, ICAO code: UKKK ), is to Kiev -Borispol of smaller of the two international airports of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. It is located about eight kilometers away from downtown Kiev.

Location and Transport

The airport is located 8 km southwest of Kiev. After Kiev, you can reach him very well with buses, taxis, trolley buses and other transport means. A direct metro station of the Kiev Metro is not now. She is in planning stage and will be an underground station of the 2020 finished line 4 ( Podilsko - Wihuriwska ). The number of parking spaces outside the terminal is limited, so that one is often dependent on other parking in the area.

History

Prior to 1924, all options were available to take up the passenger traffic in Ukraine and the Zhulyany airport. The focus of the flights was on the city of Kharkov, the former Ukrainian capital. Therefore, it was the first route Kharkov - Poltava - Kiev - Kharkov - Poltava - Kremenchug - Odessa.

In several cities of Ukraine airports had to be built. In Kiev, therefore, a military airfield was set up near the village Zhulyany. On May 25, 1924, the first was with a Dornier Merkur nickname " Red Chemist " the airline Ukrwosduchput as a test conducted flight with 3 hours and 20 minutes duration. Since the beginning of June 1924, the flights from Kharkov to Kiev were again in the flight plan. Round trip it was twice a week for a flight to Kiev and Kharkov. At this time, the base was the size of an airport, the airport today did not exist.

In Soviet times, the airport was used for domestic flights only. After independence, however, that changed. There were more and more international flights. The number increased in the 2000s with the boom in civil aviation in Ukraine on. On March 27, joined the first low cost airline of Ukraine, Wizz Air, their base from Kiev -Borispol airport to Zhulyany airport. There was a large increase in passenger traffic as well as the approval of all flights around the clock.

On May 17, 2012, the new "A" terminal was opened by Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov, intended for the handling of all international flights. The terminal is equipped with modern equipment, including with security checks and baggage handling facilities. The old "B" terminal should then be used only for domestic flights.

In the winter of 2012 has made it to the airport, to survive the cold spell in Europe with no major delays or cancellations.

For the full year 2012, passenger traffic at the airport amounted to 862,000 passengers. This represents an increase of 83.4% over 2011. This is mainly due to the increase in supply and the European Football Championship 2012. The most popular foreign arrival issues were Treviso, Dortmund, Moscow, Memmingen and Katowice airport.

Airlines and destinations

Zhulyany used since end of March 2011 as the basis for the budget airline Wizz Air, which still took off from Kiev -Borispol airport bigger by then. In addition, other airlines such as Transaero and UTair Ukraine have also moved their bases such as Wizz Air from the airport Boryspil to Zhulyany airport. In addition, the airport of various other companies is mainly used for domestic flights.

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