Ryanair plans to resume flights to Lviv, Kyiv 4-6 weeks after war ends

This is reported by The Telegraph with reference to the airline's CEO Michael O'Leary.

According to the publication, Michael O'Leary said that Ryanair is developing a plan that will allow it to start flights within four to six weeks after the end of the conflict.

"I very much hope that this will happen this year. I think one of the things that Trump can ensure, hopefully, will be an earlier resolution of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine," O'Leary said.

Ryanair plans to open about 24 routes to Lviv and Kyiv. According to the airline's CEO, a formal cessation of hostilities will be necessary in order to satisfy the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

“Ultimately it will need some kind of ceasefire because EASA won’t allow anything to fly over there unless they have some kind of reasonable certainty that there won’t be missiles flying,” he said.

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