Expert on the prospects of the Aerosvit carrier

The Ukrainian airline has canceled flights between Kiev and Moscow, but does not exclude the possibility of resuming flights in this direction. The departure of a player from the market may lead to an increase in the cost of air tickets, experts say, but the return of Aerosvit is unlikely.

Ukrainian airline Aerosvit has stopped flying to Moscow. Before the suspension of operations, the carrier operated four daily flights between Boryspil and Sheremetyevo. Aerosvit explained its decision by the fall in commercial flight loads. This was a consequence of the exclusion of the carrier from the system of mutual settlements between airlines and air transportation sales agents. However, in the future Aerosvit hopes to resume flights between Kiev and Moscow. The head of the analytical service of the Aviaport agency, Oleg Panteleev, believes that this is a ghostly prospect.

“Everything is being phased out quite intensively in the airline’s business: staff and route network are being cut. With such a serious reduction in revenue that will follow, the process of repaying accumulated debts can take an infinitely long time. In fact, it is easier to create a new company from scratch, but at the same time it is quite obvious that that the owner of the company is no longer interested in the aviation business in terms of transportation. He is more interested in carrying out financial transactions, in particular, in the leasing of aircraft,” Panteleev is sure.

Representative of the service for independently searching for airline and car tickets and hotels momondo.ru Irina Ryabovol does not rule out that the cost of air tickets on the Moscow-Kyiv route may increase slightly.

“This will also be reflected in the pricing policy for the first time. Perhaps those who carry out transportation from Kyiv to Moscow will raise prices somewhat, because Aerosvit had quite attractive offers in this segment. Of course, air travel is a faster and more convenient way to get from point A to point B. You have to travel by train for hours. Considering that businessmen fly from Kiev to Moscow, then, naturally, this segment will not transfer to a train. Most likely, they will be more expensive. , fly with other airlines,” says Ryabovol.

At the beginning of January, bankruptcy proceedings for the Aerosvit airline were launched in Kyiv.

Olga Grosheva

"It's easier to create a new company from scratch"