The airport of Uzhhorod resumed operation after a three-year break. Volodymyr Omelyan, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, stated the above during the opening of a regular airline flight from the Uzhhorod airport, on March 15, 2019.

“Today is a truly historic day. The airport of Uzhhorod resumed operation after a three-year break. President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said: "The airport should work!". The Ministry of Infrastructure, together with the State Aviation Service, UkSATSE and our European colleagues, have done a great job. Today we respond to the President: "The airport is working!", - Volodymyr Omelyan said.

The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine stressed that the restoration and development of regional airports was determined as a priority of the Ministry: "We fully support the thesis of the President of Ukraine that in Ukraine there should be no periphery. Our focus is on regional airports. Recently, the Mykolaiv airport has resumed its work and today the airport of Uzhhorod. A new runway is being completed at the Odesa airport. A project for the reconstruction of the airport of Vinnytsia has already been developed, which provides creation of a modern airfield complex. Thus, we are developing airports in the regions and open a new transport and logistics opportunities for people and business", - Volodymyr Omelyan emphasized.