More tourist flights from Ukraine despite lockdown

By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Tourism Ministry yesterday (14) said that a pilot project to bring in over 2,000 Ukrainian tourists was on track in spite of the partial lockdown of Ukraine, ministry sources told
The Island.
The government in consultation with relevant authorities here and in Ukraine would continue with the high profile project, sources said, adding that in spite of some delays the flights were coming in.
When
The Island pointed out that international media reported a two-week long countrywide lockdown in Ukraine commencing January 8 — a day after the widely celebrated Eastern Orthodox Christmas holiday, sources said that both Ukrainian International Airline and Sky Up operated flights to Mattala.

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