BH
EDIT: Ridiculously I actually ended up getting a ticket - but only after giving up entirely and randomly checking the website a few minutes ago at 2:15am! No queue at all and straight to payment - now I have to work out how the hell to get to Kiev!
BA have direct flights to Kiev from Heathrow I believe.
ISTR that in 2005, when they last hosted the ESC, they had to add temporary baggage screening facilities at Kiev airport to cope with demand, and flights were booked so quickly people had to stay on either side of their planned stay in order to get flights.
Ended up booking a flight with Air Baltic in the end as they seem to be the cheapest pick (about £120 return) with a free stopover in Latvia along the way.
Didn't Ukraine actually remove all their visa requirements for EU citizens the same month of the 2005 contest, and then just decided to make it permanent? The only two countries since then to require visas have been Russia (2009) and Azerbaijan (2012). Not sure what the situation was in the early noughties with the likes of Estonia and Latvia, neither were in the EU at the time.
BillyH
Founding member
EDIT: Ridiculously I actually ended up getting a ticket - but only after giving up entirely and randomly checking the website a few minutes ago at 2:15am! No queue at all and straight to payment - now I have to work out how the hell to get to Kiev!
BA have direct flights to Kiev from Heathrow I believe.
ISTR that in 2005, when they last hosted the ESC, they had to add temporary baggage screening facilities at Kiev airport to cope with demand, and flights were booked so quickly people had to stay on either side of their planned stay in order to get flights.
Ended up booking a flight with Air Baltic in the end as they seem to be the cheapest pick (about £120 return) with a free stopover in Latvia along the way.
Didn't Ukraine actually remove all their visa requirements for EU citizens the same month of the 2005 contest, and then just decided to make it permanent? The only two countries since then to require visas have been Russia (2009) and Azerbaijan (2012). Not sure what the situation was in the early noughties with the likes of Estonia and Latvia, neither were in the EU at the time.