Flights to Donetsk Airport

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Flights to Donetsk

Donetsk is an industrial powerhouse of a city, surrounded by coal mines and slagheaps. The city was founded by a Welshman, and his legacy can be seen in the many British sounding hotel and restaurant names. Unfortunately the British style architecture was mostly lost during WWII, when the city was reduced to rubble. Donetsk was rebuilt in a Soviet style, but has a softer side too with rose gardens, parks, and pedestrianised streets.

Airports in Donetsk

Unfortunately the city’s main airport, Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (DOK), was destroyed during the War in Donbass, an ongoing conflict in which the airport plays a key role. At the moment all flights to the airport are understandably suspended, however if you want to reach the region there are alternative options.

The closest airports you can fly to are Dnipropetrovsk International Airport (DNK) and Zaporizhia International Airport (OZH). Onward transportation is also available from Kiev, which you can reach by flying into either Borypil International Airport (KBP) or Kyiv Zhulhany International Airport (IEV).

Airlines that fly to Donetsk

All flights to Donetsk are currently suspended. 

From the UK you can fly direct to Boryspil International Airport in Kiev with British Airways and Ukraine International Airlines. Many airlines also offer indirect flights, including KLM, Swiss, Lufthansa, Air France, and Air Moldova. You can fly direct to  Kyiv Zhulhany International Airport with Wizz Air, or indirect with Transaero Airlines, Vueling Airlines, British Airways, or a combination.

There are no direct flights from the UK to Dnipropetrovsk International Airport; however you can fly indirect with KLM, and Turkish Airlines. Flights from the UK to Zaporizhia International Airport go through Kiev, and are available through KLM and Ukraine International. 

Getting into Donetsk

There’s a daily train from Kiev which takes around 7 hours, and costs between ₴200-280* (about £4.90-6.90). There’s also a bus which comes twice daily and takes just under 12 hours, costing ₴260-340* (about £6.40-£8.35). Alternatively you can hire a car in Kiev and drive to Donetsk. This journey should take just over nine hours, but obviously this will depend on how fast you’re driving and on traffic. 

There’s a weekly bus from Dnipropetrovsk to Donetsk, which costs around £13 each way and takes just under five hours. Alternatively you can hire a car and drive (the journey takes just under three and a half hours). 

From Zaporizhia International Airport you can take a cab into town, where is a weekly bus onwards to Donetsk. The bus takes just over three hours, and tickets cost around ₴392* (about £9.65). 

*Prices subject to change