The leadership of Kharkiv International Airport is in talks Austrian Airlines to resume direct regular flights on the Kharkiv-Vienna route.

"We urge them to return the flights, which have been operated for over 12 years... They reassured us that this is possible from autumn 2016," Kharkiv Airport CEO Volodymyr Vasylchenko said at a press conference.

According to him, the airport is also negotiating with Fly Dubai to resume flights to Saudi Arabia.

Kharkiv airport has a 2,220 meters long and 50 meters wide runway. It has two passenger terminals with a capacity of 100 and 650 persons per hour.

The airport is operated by DCH through New Systems AM.