February 4, 2022 - The latest news about flights to Croatia as the Ukraine International Airlines Kyiv-Split line has been boosted for the 2022 summer season. 

Croatian Aviation reports that Ukraine International Airlines has announced a number of weekly flights between Kyiv and Split in the upcoming summer flight schedule.

Namely, Ukraine International plans to increase the number of weekly flights to Croatia this summer. Thus, from the beginning of June to the end of September this year, three flights a week have been announced, one more than last summer season. These three-weekly flights will operate on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.

Apart from Split, Ukraine International also flies to Pula in Croatia. For this summer season, the airline plans to keep two flights a week, as it did in the summer of 2021. B737-800 aircraft have been announced on both routes.

Windrose Airlines, Ukraine's second-largest airline, does not currently offer scheduled flights to Pula and Split this summer. Croatian Aviation adds that with the current pressure of the global pandemic on passenger demand itself, the question is how many Ukrainian tourists will travel to Croatia on vacation this summer, primarily due to the political situation in their country. Therefore, the realization of regular flights between Ukraine and Croatia in the upcoming summer months will depend on that.

In addition to many summer flight announcements, Split Airport isn't all too bleak this winter, either. Croatian Aviation reports that Split Airport has released its statistics for January, confirming great results considering the time of year and the state of the pandemic. 

Split Airport recorded a significant increase in the number of passengers compared to January last year. Namely, in January 2021, there were only 7,753 passengers in Split, while this year, there were 20,400. Split Airport also recorded more than 55% of passenger traffic from January 2020. 

The most significant credit for the number of passengers in January certainly goes to Croatia Airlines, which connects Split with Frankfurt, Rome, Zagreb, and Munich daily, and KLM flights to Amsterdam and Eurowings flights to German cities.

Given the current traffic and the results from February last year, there is no doubt that the growth in the number of passengers in Split will continue, while the percentage growth will undoubtedly be lower in the summer months. Even more new routes to Split for this summer season should also be announced in the coming weeks.

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