Which airlines are flying to Ukraine?

Air Traffic over Ukraine tracked via RadarBox.com 

This week, several airlines around the world suspended their flights to Ukraine, with some airlines avoiding Ukrainian airspace altogether due to escalating tensions with Russia. Approximately 10 airlines including KLM and Lufthansa have suspended flights amid the warnings of an imminent attack on Ukraine. 

According to the Ukrainian government, Ukraine's airspace is operating normally. Last Monday (21), Lufthansa suspended flights to Ukraine, joining KLM, which had suspended flights to the Eastern European country days ago. Lufthansa's suspension remains in place until the end of this month. Lufthansa Group flights to Lviv, located in western Ukraine, will continue as usual. 

"The safety of our passengers and crew members is our top priority at all times. Due to the current situation in Ukraine, Lufthansa Group airlines are suspending their regular flights to Kyiv and Odesa," said Lufthansa Group in a statement.

Some charter airlines like Ukrainian SkyUp rerouted flights due to the leasing company's concerns. PQ902 of SkyUp Airlines had to divert to Chisinau yesterday due to leasing and insurance companies withdrawing their protections amid tensions in Ukraine (Via Aviation Source) 

SkyUp Airlines PQ902 Flight Path provided by AirNav RadarBox 

The multi-national Scandinavian airline, SAS, and Air France have also decided to suspend their flights to Ukraine. All flights from France to Ukraine operated by Air France were canceled last Tuesday (22). Despite the suspension of flights by several airlines, some others are continuing their daily operations.

Boryspil International Airport arrivals and departures data provided by AirNav RadarBox shows that several airlines such as Uganda Airlines, SkyUp Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines, Ryanair, and FlyDubai continue to operate flights to the country.

Arrivals and departures from Boryspil International Airport

Some airlines like Air India have operated and are expected to operate 3 flights to repatriate Indian citizens currently in Ukraine. Pegasus Airlines, among other airlines, operated flights to Ukraine's largest airport last Tuesday (22). The Latvian-based air carrier AirBaltic also announced that it was suspending night flights to and from Ukraine until the end of February.

Arrivals and departures from Boryspil International Airport

Air India evacuation flight from Kyiv to Delhi with 241 passengers on board

However, as per RadarBox flight data, Boryspil International Airport has been experiencing a drop in the number of flights, an average of 241 daily flights to 209 recorded last Sunday (20), with days registering 159 flights per day. Between February 13 and February 19, 1302 flights were recorded compared to 1652 recorded in 2020 (pre-pandemic levels).

Flight statistics for Boryspil International Airport

Boryspil International Airport Route Heatmap

Here are the top 10 most popular destinations:

1st - Antalya Intl. Airport (AYT / LTAI) - Avg. Movements/Week: 122.4 (10.4%)

2nd Istanbul New Airport (IST / LTFM) - Avg. Movements/Week: 58.4 (5.0%)

3rd Dnipropetrovsk Intl. Airport (DNK / UKDD)  - Avg. Movements/Week: 50.9 (4.3%)

4th Dubai Intl. Airport (DXB / OMDB) - Avg. Movements/Week:  50.2 (4.3%)

5th Lviv Intl. Airport (LWO / UKLL) | Avg. Movements/Week: 43.5 (3.7%)

6th Odessa Intl. Airport (ODS / UKOO) - Avg. Movements/Week: 40.0 (3.4%)

7th Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS / EHAM) - Avg. Movements/Week: 35.2 (3.0%)

8th Kharkiv Intl. Airport (HRK / UKHH) - Avg. Movements/Week: 33.0 (2.8%)

9th Ben Gurion Intl. Airport (TLV / LLBG) - Avg. Movements/Week: 31.7 (2.7%)

10th Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW / EPWA) - Avg. Movements/Week: 30.3 (2.6%)

USAF & RAF Flights 

USAF Global Hawk FORTE12 monitoring eastern Ukraine

Amid Ukraine's tension with Russia, the US and UK Air Force military aircraft have been conducting surveillance flights over Ukraine's airspace near the Belarussian border (Via R7). 

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