ANALYSIS OF CURRENT STATE OF AIR TRANSPORTATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The tendencies of development of air transportation in Ukraine in the period of world globalization and liberalization in the air transportation market are considered. The analysis of domestic air transportation showed that the growth rate of air transportation in the Ukrainian segment of the market, despite the instability of the military- political and economic situation in the country, is optimistic for predicting the future development of air transportation in Ukraine. The growth of the main indicators of the work of civil aviation in Ukraine demonstrates the growing interest of market participants in air transportation. The passenger air transportation market of Ukraine has sufficient prerequisites for its successful development. First of all, this is due to a significant increase in passenger transportation by air, the creation of new airlines in Ukraine, namely low-cost airlines, the entry of new foreign airlines into the airspace of Ukraine, the opening of new airlines by Ukrainian carriers, the approval of a visa- free regime with EU countries, and the modernization of existing infrastructure air- ports and their development, taking into account modern requirements. The main production indicators are presented and passenger traffic analysis is carried out. It has been determined that the development of civil aviation is related to the general tendencies of international air transport and is conditioned by both global and nation- al socio-economic, political and other factors. The main directions of the industry for a third of the decade of the 21st century are determined.