Flydubai continues Ukraine operations
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Flydubai announced its decision to continue operations to Ukraine just days after the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, as reported by Gulf News.
The shooting down of the commercial passenger jet has raised safety fears among a number of airlines, including Emirates and Air Arabia, who immediately suspended services to Ukraine.
“Our flights to Kiev and Odessa are currently operating to schedule. Our flights to Kharkiv have been cancelled until further notice. We will continue to monitor the situation and follow the operating instructions issued by relevant authorities,” said a flydubai spokesperson in an emailed statement.
The airline’s services to Donetsk remain suspended. The carrier flies four times a week to Kiev and twice weekly to Odessa in the south along the Black Sea.
flydubai did, however, cancel its Dubai-Kiev service last week. The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) issued a directive the same day banning all UAE airlines from flying to Ukraine. The directive has since been altered to permit flights to Kiev and Odessa. The airline resumed flights to Ukraine on Saturday, two days after MH17 was shot down.
Other airlines have moved to highlight they do not fly over areas of Ukrainian airspace including Etihad Airways and India’s Jet Airways, both issuing statements over the weekend.
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