Spanish low-cost airline Vueling cancels Feb flights to Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: People queue in front of Vueling check-in desk during a ground staff strike at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, in Barcelona, Spain, August 30, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea

MADRID (Reuters) - Vueling, IAG's Spanish low-cost airline, has cancelled direct flights to and from Ukraine´s capital Kyiv in February, a spokesperson for the Barcelona-based carrier said on Thursday.

Vueling cancelled the eight direct flights from Paris Orly airport to and from Boryspil International Airport near Kyiv it had scheduled by the end of this month as tensions continue between Russia and Ukraine.