“Aerosvit, which has been hit by many complaints from passengers in recent weeks, will be replaced by Ukraine International Airlines on the route between Kiev and Vilnius from the beginning of the summer season [at the end of March]. AN148 or Boeing 737 jets are planned to be used on this route,” he wrote.
Ukraine International Airlines intended to offer daily flights, he added. BNS could not contact Bartkus. Sandra Šiaulienė, a spokeswoman for Vilnius Airport, told BNS that she was on holidays now and could not make any comments.
Aerosvit took the flights between Kiev and Vilnius over from Donbassaero in the spring of 2010, following the merger of three Ukrainian air carriers earlier that year. Later in 2010, the carrier increased the number of flights on that route to two per day.
