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NEW AIRLINE SKYUP TO START OPERATING FROM APRIL 2018

14 December , 2017  

KYIV. Dec 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The newly created SkyUp will start operating from April 2018 and plans to service international charter flights in its first year of operation, as well as launch regular domestic and international flights.
According to a press release spread before the presentation of the airline, charter flights in 2018 will be from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa and other Ukrainian cities to 16 destinations.
The domestic flights will be launched at the end of May or early June and at the first stage they will be serviced from Odesa to Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv.
International regular flights would be serviced from Kyiv to Barcelona, Dubai and Larnaca.
The airline said that the cost of the ticket will be formed using a low cost model without luggage and additional services. It will depend on destination and time of buying the tickets. For example, for Kyiv-Odesa a one-way ticket would cost from UAH 499.
The airline said that today its fleet consists of three Boeing 737-800 NG Boeing 737-800 NG planes with 189 seats manufactured in 2001, 2002 and 2011.
In 2018, the airline seeks to bring the fleet to four planes, in 2019 – to six, in 2020 to eight, 2021 to ten and 2022 to 12 planes.
The airline intends to expand its fleet also with Boeing 737MAX planes.