Aerosvit Airlines Plans Nordic Winter Growth

Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit Airlines is to boost frequencies on its routes between Kiev and the Scandinavian capitals of Copenhagen and Stockholm during the Northern Winter schedules. According to its current GDS inventory, it will operate a twice daily service on each route from the end of October using its Boeing 737s. These routes are both currently served ten times per week using a range of aircraft types.

An estimated 77,000 O&D passengers travelled between Ukraine and the Nordic Countries, a market that has increased 9.2 per cent in the past 12 months. Aerosvit Airlines dominates traffic with a 17.8 per cent share. Although it is the sole operator on the routes from Kiev Borispol to Copenhagen and Stockholm Arlanda, Wizz Air Ukraine offers flights from Kiev Zhulyany to Stockholm Skavsta and Oslo Sandefjord/Torp, while Finnair and Ukraine International Airlines both operate between Kiev Borispol and Helsinki.

Alongside its Nordic expansion, Aerosvit plans to increase frequencies to Dubai with nine flights per week rather than the daily schedule it offered in Winter 2010/2011, while a third weekly rotation will be offered to Larnaca on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.