Ukraine holds consultations with EU and US regulators on opening airspace

Boryspil International Airport. Stock photo: Getty Images

Ukraine has submitted applications to the European and American security regulators to confirm the plan to open airspace.

Source: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, at the Ukraine. Year 2024 forum

Details: Kubrakov noted that Ukraine is in consultation with American and European airspace security regulators.

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“A complex process, but Ukraine is taking the first formal steps now. In these weeks, we will submit official risk assessment statements to the relevant regulators,” the minister said.

At the same time, the timing of the opening is not specified, indicating the extreme complexity of the issue of ensuring security.

“It is critical to us that the American and European regulators confirm our algorithm of actions,” Kubrakov added.

Background: 

Ukraine announced in January that flights from Kyiv and Lviv would resume.

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