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The State Aviation Service of Ukraine has allowed the Ukrainian company Azur Air Ukraine to operate charter flights from Lviv to the cities of Egypt and Turkey, as well as to open a new route to the Dominican Republic. This is stated in the order, published by the regulator.
You can book flights at Azur Air Ukraine’s website. The airline is subsidiary of Azur Airlines based in Moscow.
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Thus, the airline received a permit to operate charter flights from Lviv to Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and Marsa Alam (Egypt), as well as to Antalya, Dalaman and Bodrum (Turkey).
In addition, the carrier has to open a new flight from Lviv airport to the city of La Romana in the Dominican Republic. La Romana, on the Caribbean, is a gateway to seaside resorts, and 90 minutes’ drive from the capital, Santo Domingo.
Note that the State Aviation Service has granted permission to perform charter international flights, which must be performed systematically – at least one flight per week or at least three flights per month on routes to resorts with the definition of unlimited frequency and validity of rights in the period from 27 March until 29 October 2022.
In addition to Lviv, Azur Air Ukraine has been granted permission to operate regular flights from Lviv to Bodrum (Turkey) twice a week from 1 February. Today the company flies by charter from Lviv to the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh and Mars Alam.
It will be recalled that in 2020, a new type of aircraft of the Ukrainian airline Azur Air Ukraine took off from Lviv to Antalya. Earlier, the most popular flights from Lviv in 2021 were named at the Lviv airport.
Translated by Vitalii Holich
You can read a Ukrainian language version of this story here.
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