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Dubai-based airline Emirates has launched a scheduled daily service to Kiev, marking its first route to the Ukraine.
Operating the daily service with an A340-500, the carrier's new Kiev service will help support vital trade between the two countries, allowing Ukrainian companies to connect with the UAE and beyond to expand their businesses. Ties between the two countries were strengthened with the opening last year of the UAE Embassy in Kiev.
During the first half of 2013, the value of trade between the Ukraine and the UAE increased 27 per cent to US$429 million. The additional capacity for the carriage of goods – a 15-ton cargo hold on every flight – will boost vital trade, transporting steel, aircraft components, heavy machinery and ships’ spares out of the Ukraine. With a booming agricultural sector, the Ukraine is also currently the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil and a major global producer of grain and sugar. Imports from the UAE into the Ukraine consist of vehicles, textiles, dates, medicines, perfumes, tea and juices.
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