Ukraine: passenger traffic in airports up in 2018

In 2018, the total passenger traffic in the airports of Ukraine increased by 24.5% YoY. “The passenger traffic in the airports of Ukraine increased by 24.5% and totaled 20.545,500 people, including within the international service – by 25.8% (18.356,700 people),” the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine reports. The passenger numbers of Ukrainian airlines increased by…

Ukraine: free trade agreement signed with Israel

Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv and Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen have signed a free trade agreement between the two countries. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who was on a visit to Israel on January…

Ukraine: electricity exports up in 2018

Ukraine boosted electricity exports by 19.36% in 2018 from 2017, to 6.166 billion kWh. Over the period under review, Ukraine exported about 3.59 billion kWh of electricity to Hungary, which accounted for 58% of electricity sales abroad, 1.4 billion kWh to Poland (23%), and 960 million kWh to Moldova (16%), according to the website of…