Editor-in-Chief, Aviaedge; Deputy Head, Airport Strategic Development Committee, AAUCA

Viktoriia Hrechukha

Airports

How an Airport Comes Back: Inside Airport Innovation Roundtable 2026

Boryspil brought a documented, phased reopening sequence to Bratislava and has put it to EASA, to lessors and to airlines. Five stakeholders each hold a veto. European law covers how an aerodrome certificate is suspended and revoked, and sets out no procedure for restarting one after years of dormancy.

Airports

Kyiv airport has held full certification for over four years: EU rules set no deadline for restoring practical currency

Kyiv airport officially employs 630 people, certification is maintained in full, and no member of staff holds a lapsed clearance. The complement of specialists is sufficient to begin handling flights if the airport reopens, general director Volodymyr Kudak confirmed. One question stays open, and it is not a question for the airport. EU rules set no period after which staff must restore practice.

Airports

Aviation Fuel Supply: Ukraine Sets Course for European Standards

A round table held in both offline and online format, organised by the Association of Civil Aviation "Airports of Ukraine" and the Kyiv Aviation Institute with the participation of ACI EUROPE, set out the key question of the industry's reconstruction: bringing national aviation fuel quality control standards into line with European ones.

Airlines

The Shop the Airport Never Builds

Dublin, In Three Movements, Part 3. A field note for airport operators, on how to earn from third-party services you never have to own, with two companies from the floor that make it concrete.

Airlines

The Money Has Left the Ticket

Dublin, In Three Movements, Part 1. Where airline revenue went, and why the gate is no longer where the margin lives.