OREANDA-NEWS. December 09, 2014. UIA opened ticket sales for the carrier`s new non-stop long-haul Kiev – Beijing – Kiev service. Tickets are available in Ukraine International Airlines` ticket offices, on UIA official website, as well as in the offices of authorised travel agencies.

The first non-stop flight is scheduled to be operated on April 29, 2015. New flights en route Kiev (Boryspil International airport) – Beijing (Beijing Capital International airport) – Kiev (Boryspil International airport) will be operated thrice per week.

The UIA new long-haul flights will be operated on modern Boeing 767-300 aircraft with three-class cabin layout – Business, Premium Economy and Economy.

Through to January 31, 2014, UIA offers special ticket fares for Kiev – Beijing flights. Thus, a round trip economy class ticket price starts from USD 700 (all taxes and surcharges included). Passengers from the cities of Ukraine – Odessa, Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia – are provided with an opportunity to purchase a round trip economy class single ticket for UIA-operated domestic flight to Kiev and UIA new non-stop long-haul flights en route Kiev – Beijing at the price starting form USD 600 (all taxes and surcharges included). Travel period: from April 29 to June 30, 2015.

UIA offers convenient connecting flights from Amsterdam, Paris, Vilnius, Moscow, Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Chisinau, Tehran, Astana, Almaty, Yerevan, Baku, Tbilisi, as well as the cities of Ukraine to Beijing via Kiev Boryspil International airport. Flights from Beijing are conveniently connected to all flights throughout UIA route network.

“Launching non-stop scheduled service between Ukraine and China UIA keeps on implementing its long-haul development strategy, – noted Evgeniya Satska, UIA Corporate Press Secretary. – Thus, UIA will be operating long-haul flights to three destinations namely Bangkok, New York, and Beijing. We hope our new service will enjoy strong demand within travelers from Ukraine, the EU, and the CIS countries”.