Airport Poltava to prepare for the flight to Antalya announced on May 9 will not be ready, therefore, passengers will fly from Boryspil.

This was told by the first deputy chairman of the Poltava Regional State Administration Andrei Pesotsky, reports HB.

"The airport of Poltava has been overhauled by more than 80%. All equipment necessary for the operation of own and attracted services of the enterprise has already been purchased - now its installation. Also, I note that the work on the application of the leveling layer of asphalt concrete on the runway and taxiing. This durable coverage will allow us to start their operation with a greater load, given the weight of Yanair's passenger aircraft, "the official said..

Passengers of the first announced international flight will be forced to fly from Boryspil.

"I inform you that the passengers who were supposed to fly from Poltava to Antalya on May 9 and have already bought tickets from the tour operator Join UP, will fly from Boryspil. When will the first serious flight from our airport take place, which everyone is waiting for? This will be the first Wednesday after the final completion of the capital repair of the airport, "he concluded..

Earlier it was planned that the first flight to Antalya from Poltava would take off on May 2, but it was postponed for a week due to poor ticket sales.

In December 2017, Poltava airport received the status of an international.