ITech Capital’s Managing Partner Gleb Davidyuk and Investment Manager Ilya Balandin have both joined Aviasales’ board. During the strict lockdown in April 2020, the number of POS-terminal payments was at 90% of pre-pandemic level, now it stands at 140%.Russian’s largest travel search engine, Aviasales, which lets consumers find cheap flights and holiday accommodation online or via its apps (operating under the JetRadar brand outside Russia), has bagged a $10 million investment from iTech Capital, which is taking a minority stake in the company. In April 2021 consumption was 13% higher today than during the strict lockdown in April 2020.īoth card payments via POS-terminals and transactions via Privat24 are higher than last year. Moreover, occupancy continues increasing and now is 23% of what we observed at the end of April this year.Įlectricity consumption in 2021 stays relatively stable at the levels of 2019. In May 2021, the number of properties booked per week is higher than in the respective month in 2019 (+9%). People have been booking more vacation rentals this year. Property rental prices are higher than last year with the highest increase in three-rooms (+19%) and two-rooms (+12%), while studios prices are only 5% higher than in May 2020. Demand for air travel has been steadily increasing and is now, in May 2021, at 113% of the pre-pandemic level striking contrast to that, airline tickets purchases fell as low as 8% of the pre-pandemic level in April last year. With more and more international destinations opening up for tourists, Ukrainians are eager to catch up. Now that new lockdowns have been imposed in different regions around Ukraine, they fell again to 51% of the pre-pandemic level. Purchases were on the rise in the beginning of this year. Travel restrictions were only lifted at the end of May no railway tickets were sold in April 2020. In late March 2020, all train services stopped due to the strict lockdown. To compare, in April 2020 the number stood at only 22%. Restaurant revenues almost recovered in March 2021, reaching 97% of the pre-pandemic level, yet they are now down again at 78%. In April 2020, when the strict lockdown measures had been introduced, the number of open restaurants was only a third of that before the pandemic. Restaurants have been seriously impacted by COVID-19. Part-time employment is offered for around 2% of vacancies. In the first few days of April, the percentage of such vacancies fell again to 3.2%. Vacancies with the remote work option have not increased despite an overall increase in vacancies, and their share has fallen. However, the number of searchers continues to decline throughout April 2021. Job seekers are much more active than last year. The number of vacancies in April 2021 is much higher than in the respective month last year, when the number of vacancies was only 53% of what we observe on the market today. Transit stations have seen the biggest change: the number of visits there last year was lower by a third. Last year, visits to workplaces were 12% lower, to grocery stores - 16% lower, to entertainment venues – 25% lower. Restaurant revenues are higher than last year, but have not yet reached the pre-pandemic levels. Ukrainians seek jobs more often, and more vacancies are available in the labor market. Railway and airline ticket purchases are much more frequent than last year as most travel restrictions had been lifted. This year’s adaptive quarantine has had fewer negative effects on the economy than strict lockdowns in 2020. We are grateful to Google, Work.ua, Rabota.ua, Jooble, LUN, Ukrenergo, Dragon Capital, Privatbank, Opendatabot, Aviasales, RailwayBot, Poster, Transparent, Tripadvisor, Vrbo,, Airbnb for providing data for the tracker. We analyzed the mobility of citizens, job searches and vacancies, payments by Privatbank terminals and Privat24, as well as electricity consumption. You can subscribe to the newsletters by clicking here. We have updated the tracker data for economic changes during the pandemic.
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