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Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького, romanized: Mizhnarodnyi aeroport "Lviv" imeni Danyla Halytskoho) (IATA: LWO, ICAO: UKLL) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the central city. It is the second largest and busiest airport in Ukraine.[citation needed] Importance of the airport increased gradually following the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014. The airport is named after King Daniel of Galicia, the historical founder of the city in 1256 AD.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since 1923, the Polish authorities decided to establish a permanent air base in Skniłów near Lviv with all hangar and logistic facilities for the expanded military aviation, which could no longer fit at the Lewandówka airfield. Skniłów was the name of the neighbouring village which today is part of Lviv. The 6th Aviation Regiment was stationed here from 1925 until World War II.[citation needed]
It was not until 1929, when the Lwów-Skniłów airport was fully functional to meet the needs of the rapidly developing city. It was named after the Polish President Ignacy Mościcki. Beside civilian flights, the airport shared its functions along with military planes as well as the local aeroclub. Before the Second World War, it operated a domestic route to Warsaw and Kraków. In 1930, the international route to Bucharest was launched which was extended in 1931 to Sofia and Thessaloniki. In 1936, the above route was extended to Athens and Lydda.
After the war, the Polish-Soviet border was moved west and Lviv became part of the Ukrainian SSR.
The base was home to the:
In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers. In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport has undergone a $200m expansion project. Lviv airport's new terminal building has an area of 34,000m2 with a capacity of handling 1,000 passengers an hour.[unreliable source?] Of the $200m, it was expected that the Ukrainian government would provide $70m, including $14m in 2008, and $130m would come from private investors. The expansion project included a 700-meter extension of the existing runway and a new airport terminal capable of handling up to 2,000 passengers per hour (5.69 million passenger annually).
The airport used to be a focus city for Wizz Air Ukraine, which served four international routes to Italy (Naples, Bergamo, and Treviso) and Germany (Dortmund) until the airline was dissolved April 2015 (by contrast, routes from Kyiv International Airport continued after being taken over by the parent company). In January 2017, Wizz Air announced that it would be resuming flights to Lviv, initially with the introduction of a route to Wroclaw.
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Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Львів» імені Данила Галицького, romanized: Mizhnarodnyi aeroport "Lviv" imeni Danyla Halytskoho) (IATA: LWO, ICAO: UKLL) is an international airport in Lviv, Ukraine, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the central city. It is the second largest and busiest airport in Ukraine.[citation needed] Importance of the airport increased gradually following the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014. The airport is named after King Daniel of Galicia, the historical founder of the city in 1256 AD.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since 1923, the Polish authorities decided to establish a permanent air base in Skniłów near Lviv with all hangar and logistic facilities for the expanded military aviation, which could no longer fit at the Lewandówka airfield. Skniłów was the name of the neighbouring village which today is part of Lviv. The 6th Aviation Regiment was stationed here from 1925 until World War II.[citation needed]
It was not until 1929, when the Lwów-Skniłów airport was fully functional to meet the needs of the rapidly developing city. It was named after the Polish President Ignacy Mościcki. Beside civilian flights, the airport shared its functions along with military planes as well as the local aeroclub. Before the Second World War, it operated a domestic route to Warsaw and Kraków. In 1930, the international route to Bucharest was launched which was extended in 1931 to Sofia and Thessaloniki. In 1936, the above route was extended to Athens and Lydda.
After the war, the Polish-Soviet border was moved west and Lviv became part of the Ukrainian SSR.
The base was home to the:
In 2010, the airport carried 481,900 passengers. In preparation for Euro 2012, Lviv International Airport has undergone a $200m expansion project. Lviv airport's new terminal building has an area of 34,000m2 with a capacity of handling 1,000 passengers an hour.[unreliable source?] Of the $200m, it was expected that the Ukrainian government would provide $70m, including $14m in 2008, and $130m would come from private investors. The expansion project included a 700-meter extension of the existing runway and a new airport terminal capable of handling up to 2,000 passengers per hour (5.69 million passenger annually).
The airport used to be a focus city for Wizz Air Ukraine, which served four international routes to Italy (Naples, Bergamo, and Treviso) and Germany (Dortmund) until the airline was dissolved April 2015 (by contrast, routes from Kyiv International Airport continued after being taken over by the parent company). In January 2017, Wizz Air announced that it would be resuming flights to Lviv, initially with the introduction of a route to Wroclaw.