Ukraine was one of the few European countries to see passenger numbers recover to at least 80% of pre-pandemic levels, at least for some months, in 2021. Despite a population in excess of 40 million, the country’s airports handled just 24 million passengers in 2019. For comparison, Poland, which has a slightly smaller population, saw […]
February 21, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
SkyUp Airlines has added a new route from Odessa with the introduction on Wednesday 15 December of a weekly service to Tel Aviv in Israel. The 1,640-kilometre route is already served 2-weekly by Ukraine International Airlines. The day of service will change to Sundays on 27 March 2022. From 23 May there will also be […]
December 16, 2021 | Latest Route News +
On 20 September, SkyUp Airlines began 2-weekly service (Mondays and Thursdays) between its main base at Kiev KBP and Lodz in central Poland. The inaugural service (flight number PQ 591 operated by a Boeing 737-800, registration UR-SQH) departed Kiev KBP at 18:43 and touched down in Lodz one hour and 18 minutes later at 19:01 […]
September 23, 2021 | Latest Route News +
While getting aviation traffic flows restarted does not appear to have been a major topic of conversation for the leaders of the G7 nations during their meeting in the somewhat unlikely setting of Cornwall in the south-west of the UK, airlines have been showing some signs of recovery during the last four weeks. Not only […]
June 14, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines (IATA code PQ) was founded in June 2017 and operated its first flight in May 2018. It is closely linked to the local tour operator Join UP! which was founded in 2002. Initially operating mostly charter flights, the airline has since developed an extensive network from its main base in Kiev. Originally […]
May 19, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis