Passenger Airbus-320 and Boeing-737 will require insurance for at least three quarters of a billion dollars, according to Marsh McLennan.
Until the end of January 2025, flights will be continued at one of the airports in Ukraine – Lviv or Boryspil. This forecast was voiced by Crispin Ellison, senior partner of the international company Marsh McLennan, the agency reports. Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday, November 7th.
“I think if we’re lucky, then in January (2025, – ed.) we will have five or six airlines that want to fly (from Ukraine – edit.),” Ellison said at the 10th Kiev International Economic Forum (KIEF).
According to him, it will be easier to provide an insurance mechanism for aviation if planes start flying from Lviv airport, but President Vladimir Zelensky allegedly insisted on opening Kiev Boryspil airport first.
“The President hates me for saying this because he is focused on Boryspil, but the first focus is Lviv Seven minutes flight from Poland,” explained the senior partner of Marsh McLennan, which is one of the world leaders in the field of insurance. mediation.
According to his estimates, the passenger Airbus-320 and Boeing-737 will require insurance of at least three quarters of a billion dollars.
Crispin Ellison maintains that the final decision on the flights will be made by the Office of the President and will depend on the performance of air defenses and the overall security situation.
“I keep saying that Lviv is safer than Tel Aviv. People don’t like it when I say that, but I say it,” he said.
The agency also informs that earlier, on condition of anonymity, a government source announced the continuation of air traffic until the end of winter 2025. The authorities are busy looking for effective insurance mechanisms. They are considering resuming flights from Boryspil or Lviv airport.
“President Zelensky and Prime Minister Denis Shmygal are insisting on Boryspil because they fear that if Lviv is launched first, Boryspil airport will not be launched before the end of martial law,” the report said, citing sources.
We remind you that last week Ukraine presented a roadmap for opening the airspace. The strategic objective is to maintain aviation infrastructure and qualified personnel, the government explained.
As you know, on February 24, 2022, Ukraine completely closed its airspace to civil aircraft – the day of Russia’s full invasion. Soon after, EU countries and the USA closed their skies to Russian aircraft. Russia later retaliated.
In April 2023, Eurocontrol predicted that restrictions on civil aviation flights in the airspace of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova could remain in place until 2029.
At the same time, the topic of resuming aircraft flights from Ukrainian airports has been raised several times.
Source: korrespondent
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