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Donetsk, – The Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry has said it is ready to introduce incentive programs envisaging significant discounts for international low-cost airlines that want to work at Ukrainian airports, First Deputy Infrastructure Minister Kostiantyn Yefymenko has said. 

“The Infrastructure Ministry has outlined its clear position. We want the strong infrastructure of our airports, which was created ahead of Euro 2012, to be used to the fullest extent possible. Today we’re ready to introduce an incentive program aimed at attracting transfer passengers to our airports, which envisages significant discounts of up to 80% of the passenger fee, the fee for take-off and landing aircraft at Ukrainian airports, and for new flights. We are confident that competition on the aviation market will benefit passengers,” Yefymenko said at a summit of the Routes CIS 2013 international aviation forum in Donetsk on Monday.

Yefymenko also noted that ministry representatives were ready to discuss the provision of discounts to low-cost airlines during bilateral negotiations.

He said that in the first half of this year, the share of low-cost companies on the aviation market for passenger transportation in Ukraine was 22%, and this figure is growing. There are nine low-cost companies, and the largest of them is Wizz Air, which conducts flights to 23 countries.