The building of new airports in each region is one of the main tasks of infrastructure development in Ukraine, Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan told Ukrinform during interview.
“Now, I am trying to persuade the government and the parliament that we should vote in the next year in the budget 2019 in favor of UAH 10 mln for building 4-5 airstrips in different spots of Ukraine. If such funding is at least within 3-4 years, we will have 25 new airports in Ukraine”, he stated.
The Ministry of Infrastructure considers that it is necessary to have one airport for the region, Omelyan noted. According to him, the program of development of regional airports is already developed; currently, there is ongoing cooperation with international investors on the possibility of attracting additional financing, including the credit financing.
According to the minister, the passenger flow through Ukrainian airports may reach 40 mln.
