Ukraine hopes to sign the Agreement on common aviation area with the European Union this year, said the Minister of infrastructure Andriy Pivovarsky.

"The agreement on common aviation area with the European Union we will sign in 2015. European authorities told about the elimination of contradictions between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar, which was the last formal obstacle to the introduction of "open skies," said brewer in interview the Internet-to the edition " Business capital ", published on Wednesday.

He also said that after a month and a half after entering the airport of Lviv " open sky ", was open only a couple of new directions with old carriers ".

"I do hope that in two weeks will launch a larger project with the company Atlasjet," added the Minister.

Kiev in early April entered in Lviv airport in co-operation with the "open skies" for all countries. The principle of "open skies" involves the removal of the restrictions on the number of routes and airlines on flights between the two countries and provides airlines the right to carry out flights without international approval routes.

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