UIA launches scheduled services to Africa

In spring 2018, Ukraine International Airlines will map a new destination on its flight network in Africa – Cairo. The leading Ukraine`s carrier will launch scheduled services between the capitals of Ukraine and Egypt. Tickets are available on UIA website, at the carrier`s Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorised travel agencies.

Effective April 6, the carrier will be operating four weekly flights to/from Cairo International Airport on Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-900 aircraft with two-class cabin configuration – Business Class and Economy Class.. Flight duration is 3 hours 30 minutes.

The new flights are scheduled so as to provide optimal connections with UIA domestic services from/to Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi, as well as offer convenient transit scheme to those flying from Europe and Asia.

“For nearly a decade, UIA has been implementing the model of a network carrier by gradually enhancing our network, – noted Evgeniya Satska, UIA Corporate Press Secretary. – The UIA scheduled flight program in Africa starts from Cairo, the continent’s second largest hub yielding only to Johannesburg. We hope our clients from Ukraine, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the CIS countries will appreciate the schedule convenience and frequency of Kiev – Cairo services and will take full advantage of vast transit opportunities by traveling via the capital of Ukraine to Egypt and beyond.”