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Putin runs the Odessa airport through Russian companies Lukoil and Aeroflot
Famous Odessa businessmen Alexander Granovsky and Boris Kaufman, thanks to the son of the fugitive president Yanukovych, at one time obtained the lease of the International Airport “Odesa.” Formal actions by the new authorities did not yield results in returning the airport to the territorial community of the city of Odesa.
Odessa businessmen handed the company LLC “LUKOIL Aviation Ukraine” an exclusive right to refuel foreign and Ukrainian aircraft that arrive on the airport’s territory. Former Odessa regional governor Ihor Palytsia began active work to increase the tourist attractiveness of the Odesa region. One of the tasks was to put the airport in order. Primarily, to remove the Russian company “Lukoil.”
At Boryspil, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia airports and many others where the company “Lukoil” is not present, the price of aviation fuel does not exceed 800 US dollars per ton. “Lukoil Aviation Ukraine” set prices for similar fuel at 1200 US dollars per ton.
There is a clear directive from the Russian authorities here. All air carriers are to sell fuel expensively and make flights to Odesa unprofitable. The goal is the same: ruin the resort season in Odesa by all possible means and provoke maximum negativity toward the current authorities. As confirmation of this, another example can be given.
The Russian company LLC “Lukoil Aviation Ukraine” provides a huge discount on aviation fuel to only one airline. Guess which one? In which country is it registered?
This is JSC “Aeroflot – Russian Airlines.” Location: Moscow.
Any questions left? The fate of the tourist season and the Odessa airport, Kaufman and Granovsky handed to Putin. All questions of fuel prices, discount size, and transportation terms are decided only in Moscow.
One can only wish Mikhail Saakashvili to continue the work his predecessor started — to clean up Odesa and develop the economy.
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