Yesterday, on June 28, 2021, the Council of the European Union greenlighted the signing of the Open Skies Agreement.

Chairman of the board of Kyiv Sikorsky International Airport Denys Kostrzhevskyi believes the Agreement signing would ultimately contribute to the travel destinations number expanding and air tickets cost reducing for Ukrainian citizens. "Signing the agreement is advantageous for Ukrainians, as in the first stage it would reduce ticket prices and expand travel numbers."

However, according to Denys Kostrzhevskyi, the development of Ukrainian air carriers must remain the priority, as for the time being they are not capable to compete with the European ones: "Signing the agreement would be really advantageous for Ukraine only when Ukrainian airlines technical specifications and financial indicators are equal to European ones. And as the Ukrainian market is supposed to be open to European airlines, the European market must open to Ukrainian ones. So it makes sense to say Ukraine benefits from ‘open skies’ if such parity is ensured only,” Kostrzhevskyi said.