Delta nonstop JFK-Kiev this summer

[wendaaaal]

Would expect Ukrainian government to approve this without much fuss, as it will add some jobs at Borispol and in a sales organization that Delta will have to build up in Ukraine. Will certainly make it easier to get there this summer, and hopefull will help keep a lid on fares USA-Ukraine as well.

Press ReleaseSource: Delta Air Lines, Inc. Delta Receives U.S. DOT Approval to Begin Service Between New York, Ukraine in June
Friday January 20, 9:00 am ET  
Approval concludes U.S. regulatory process to allow Delta to add 11 new non-stop transatlantic routes in summer 2006
ATLANTA, Jan. 20, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Delta Air Lines has received the final U.S. government approval required to add 11 new routes between the U.S. and destinations across Europe and the Middle East this summer, paving the way for Delta to offer customers more flights and destinations across the Atlantic than any other global airline by June. With this new authority, Delta plans to offer customers non-stop flights five days per week between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Borispol Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, effective June 5, subject to Ukrainian government approval.``Kiev will be the latest destination in Delta's expansion into the key business and leisure markets of Eastern Europe,'' said Bob Cortelyou, Delta's vice president of Network Planning. ``Delta will be the only U.S. carrier to serve Kiev, and business travelers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as friends and family of Ukrainian heritage in the United States, will look forward to this new non-stop service between New York-JFK and Kiev.''

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Delta's new service between New York-JFK and Kiev, Ukraine,
effective June 5

Flight         Departs                      Arrives
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88            New York-JFK at 5:40 p.m.    Kiev at 10:25 a.m.
(the following day)
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89(note)      Kiev at 12:35 p.m.           New York-JFK at 4 p.m.
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(note)Flight begins on June 6