Ukraine Flight Guide

Ukraine is a break away state of the former USSR. It is located in Eastern Europe bordering Russia to the east; Poland, Hungary and Slovakia to the west, Romania to the south and south west and Belarus to the North. It has a coastline on the black sea. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Other major cities include; Odessa, Kharkov, Chisinau and Donetsk. The official language is Ukrainian. According to the World Tourism Organisation, Ukraine is the 8th most visited country. The Easter egg tradition has its roots in the Ukraine. Places to visit include the Ukrainian capital which is home to the world famous Orthodox and Baroque architecture, The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Motherland statue in Kyiv, Khotyn Fortress, The Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Potemkin Stairs in Odessa, Freedom Square, in Kharkiv, The Swallow's Nest and the Livadia Palace near Yalta.

Winters along the black sea are cool but colder inland. The west and northern regions receive the highest rainfall.

Boryspil International Airport (IATA: KBP) is the largest international airport in the Ukraine. Other major airports include; Chernivtsi International Airport (IATA: CWC), Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (IATA: DNK), Donetsk International Airport (IATA: DOK), Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (IATA: IFO), Kharkiv International Airport (IATA: HRK), Kryvyi Rih International Airport (IATA: KWG), Luhansk International Airport (IATA: VSG), Lviv International Airport (IATA: LWO), Mariupol International Airport (IATA: MPW), Odessa International Airport (IATA: ODS), Rivne International Airport (IATA: RWN), "Belbek" Sevastopol International Airport (IATA: BQB), Simferopol International Airport (IATA: SIP), Uzhhorod International Airport (IATA: UDJ) and Zaporizhia International Airport (IATA: OZH). There are no direct flights from Australia to Ukraine. However, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines operate cheap indirect flights. The main departure airports are Roma, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne Tullamarine. The average direct flight time from Sydney or Melbourne to Kiev in Ukraine in a commercial airliner is 20 hours. Indirect flights will vary depending on the connecting hub.

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