Lviv airport will introduce landing and taking off restrictions in early April 2011 due to repair and extension of the airport's runway, the avianews.com portal reported on Monday, referring to its sources.
The publication says that the airport would be closed on Tuesdays, and on other days the available runway would be reduced from 2,510 meters to 1,613 meters. The airport does not officially confirm the information, although airlines flying to Lviv know about the future restrictions and started adjusting their schedules.
A representative of Lufthansa Aage Duenhaupt said that the airline cancelled Lviv-Munich Tuesday flights and the usual frequency of the flights would be resumed after the completion of construction work in Lviv. The carrier also changed the type of airplane on the route from a Bombardier to Avro.
A representative of Austrian Airlines Michael Braun also conformed the cancelation of Tuesday Lviv-Vienna flights.
AeroSvit, which jointly with Dniproavia flies to Lviv from Kyiv every day, has not closed the sale of tickets for Tuesday flights. Earlier all flights from Lviv were canceled by Ukraine International Airlines. The carrier did not disclose the reason of the flights cancelation.
Poland’s LOT, which flies every day from Lviv to Warsaw, would change the type of airplanes from Boeing-737 and Embraer-170 to ATR aircraft, the carrier reported. The airline also canceled Tuesday flights, the avianews.com publication said.
Turkish Airlines has not decided on the flights to Lviv during the restriction period. The airline said privately that the final decision would depend on the availably of special lighting, as the airline wants to use smaller Airbus A319 for flights to Lviv. The airline is also considering the transfer of the Istanbul-Lviv flight to Ivano-Frankivsk airport.
The publication said that Wizz Air Ukraine operating 180-seat Airbus A320 airplanes would not transfer the flights to neighbor cities. The sales of tickets from Lviv have been closed for all days. Earlier John Stephenson, Wizz Air Executive Vice President said that more opportunities would appear for the opening of new flights from Kyiv due to repair of Lviv airport.
Airbus Company said that the length of the runway of 1,613 meters is enough for landing and taking off of a fully loaded A320 aircraft.
The publication says that the airport would be closed on Tuesdays, and on other days the available runway would be reduced from 2,510 meters to 1,613 meters. The airport does not officially confirm the information, although airlines flying to Lviv know about the future restrictions and started adjusting their schedules.
A representative of Lufthansa Aage Duenhaupt said that the airline cancelled Lviv-Munich Tuesday flights and the usual frequency of the flights would be resumed after the completion of construction work in Lviv. The carrier also changed the type of airplane on the route from a Bombardier to Avro.
A representative of Austrian Airlines Michael Braun also conformed the cancelation of Tuesday Lviv-Vienna flights.
AeroSvit, which jointly with Dniproavia flies to Lviv from Kyiv every day, has not closed the sale of tickets for Tuesday flights. Earlier all flights from Lviv were canceled by Ukraine International Airlines. The carrier did not disclose the reason of the flights cancelation.
Poland’s LOT, which flies every day from Lviv to Warsaw, would change the type of airplanes from Boeing-737 and Embraer-170 to ATR aircraft, the carrier reported. The airline also canceled Tuesday flights, the avianews.com publication said.
Turkish Airlines has not decided on the flights to Lviv during the restriction period. The airline said privately that the final decision would depend on the availably of special lighting, as the airline wants to use smaller Airbus A319 for flights to Lviv. The airline is also considering the transfer of the Istanbul-Lviv flight to Ivano-Frankivsk airport.
The publication said that Wizz Air Ukraine operating 180-seat Airbus A320 airplanes would not transfer the flights to neighbor cities. The sales of tickets from Lviv have been closed for all days. Earlier John Stephenson, Wizz Air Executive Vice President said that more opportunities would appear for the opening of new flights from Kyiv due to repair of Lviv airport.
Airbus Company said that the length of the runway of 1,613 meters is enough for landing and taking off of a fully loaded A320 aircraft.
