Reading Time: < 1 minute Wizz Air has wet-leased a B737-800 from Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines to add to its Sofia base operations. The ten-year-old Boeing aircraft had been stored from February 18 to June 22 at Belgrade airport. After that, it operated charter flights under SkyUp’s code before the ACMI agreement with Wizz Air. The Ukrainian LCC has been placing […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Privately owned Ukrainian start-up low-cost carrier (LCC) and charter airline SkyUp Airlines, which launched operations in May of last year, carried 441,600 passengers on 2,322 flights in its first seven months of operations, a figure below the originally hoped-for 650,000. The hybrid carrier, which operates flights on behalf of holiday travel company JoinUp! proclaims that it […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing and SkyUp Airlines announced they have finalized a firm order for five 737 MAX airplanes valued at $624 million at list prices. The order includes two 737 MAX 8 and three 737 МАХ 10 jets. “Distinctive dispatch reliability, low operational costs and passenger comfort were the main factors for choosing the 737 MAX,” said […]