“I think if we’re lucky, in January (2025 – IF-U) we’ll have five or six airlines that want to fly (from Ukraine – IF-U),” Ellison said.
According to him, it will be easier to provide insurance mechanisms for aviation if planes start flying from Lviv airport, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists that Boryspil international airport should be opened first.
“The president will hate me for saying this, because he is focused on Boryspil, but the initial focus is on Lviv. It’s a seven-minute flight from Poland,” said the company’s senior partner Marsh McLennan.
He noted that the passenger Airbus-320 and Boeing-737, as well as a small passenger airliner, will require insurance for at least three quarters of a billion dollars.
According to Ellison, the final decision on the flights will be made in the Office of the President. It will depend on the work of air defense, the security situation.
“I keep saying that Lviv is much safer than Tel Aviv. People don’t like it when I say that, but I say it,” he said.
Earlier, on the condition of anonymity, a source in the government informed the Interfax-Ukraine agency that the air service will be restored by the end of the winter of 2025. The authorities are busy searching for effective insurance mechanisms. The resumption of flights from Boryspil or Lviv airport is being considered. President Zelenskyi and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal insist on Boryspil, as they fear that if Lviv is launched first, Boryspil airport will not be able to be launched before the end of martial law, the source said.
Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories, with the support of the US Embassy, developed a “road map” for opening the airspace of Ukraine under martial law.
Together with Marsh McLennan and a pool of insurance companies led by ASKOT, the UNITY ship insurance program was implemented in Ukraine, thanks to which ships operate in the “sea corridor” from the Black Sea ports. The total amount of coverage under the program is $50 million.
