KYIV, Nov 20 – The Irish low cost airline Ryanair plans to launch five new flights from Ukraine in 2019, chief commercial officer David O'Brien has said at a press conference at the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The airline will operate new flights to Athens (Greece), Dublin (Ireland), Manchester (the UK), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Paphos (Cyprus) twice a week.

"In general, in 2019 we plan to fly from Ukraine to 11 countries on 22 directions, five of which are new," he said.