SkyUp Airlines (Kiev) carried 2.3 times fewer passengers in 2022 than in 2021 – 1.08 million, due to the full-scale aggression of Russia and against Ukraine and the closure of the Ukrainian sky since February 24 last year, according to a message on the official website SkyUp.
According to it, after the start of the war, the company worked on a “wet lease” with 10 airlines, including Wizz Air, SmartWings, Freebird Airlines, Tailwind Airlines, Corendon Airlines, and in just one year it performed 7,713 flights to 204 airports worldwide on 627 routes.
It is specified that SkyUp aircrafts also performed charter flights for tour operators from Moldova and Baltic countries, in particular for affiliated tour operator Join UP!, as well as special flights for Hasidic pilgrims from Tel Aviv to Chisinau.
“Despite the temporary lack of ability to operate flights from/to Ukraine, significant changes in competitive conditions and operating conditions in new markets, we continue our operations and have not stopped since the beginning of the full-scale invasion,” the statement said.
SkyUp underlined that it managed to keep the fleet, as due to the tight flight schedule on February 24, 10 of 11 aircraft were abroad at the time of closure of the Ukrainian sky, and on August 16 the company added a new mid-range Boeing 737-800 with 189 passenger seats to the fleet, manufactured in 2011.
According to the release, SkyUp did not lay off any employees last year, and fewer than 10 percent of employees decided to leave the company for their own reasons, with another 53 employees serving in the Navy. 80% of the 1,200 employees remaining on SkyUp’s payroll were engaged at varying levels of workload, with “the majority of the team remaining in Ukraine,” the release said.
SkyUp also pointed out that it opened a line maintenance station for its own fleet in Antalya, Turkey, in the middle of last year. Similar line station operates in Tallinn. The company notes that it planned to develop the direction of maintenance of its own fleet and in Ukraine, registering in March 2021 organization Sky-Stream: at the time of the Russian invasion was equipped and prepared maintenance station at Boryspil airport. “However, the full-scale war forced to look for opportunities to work abroad,” SkyUp stated.
The company said that it has received certificates of compliance with TCO safety standards of Great Britain and Switzerland, which gives the right to operate flights to these countries and also ensure compliance with national regulations of the UAE CAA necessary to perform occasional passenger flights to these countries.
The company plans for 2023 is to strengthen its position in new markets and the development of wet leasing, as well as the implementation of charter flights for Ukrainian and foreign tour operators, the release said.
Skyap Airlines LLC was registered in Kiev in June 2016, and carried out its first flight in 2018. The founder is ACS-Ukraine LLC of Tatiana and Yuri Alba, who also own the tour operator JoinUp!
As reported, SkyUp airline in 2020 carried 1.25 million passengers (while performing 8.7 thousand flights), and in 2021 increased this figure to 2.5 million.
Passenger traffic across the western border from 17 to 23 December increased by more than a quarter: on departure from Ukraine – from 243 thousand to 301 thousand people, while on entry – from 231 thousand to 302 thousand, the State Border Service reported on Facebook.
Thus, according to the department, this week the outflow of people from the country, which has lasted five weeks in a row, gave way to a small influx of one thousand people.
Polish Border Guard Service also recorded a net inflow to Ukraine for the last seven days – 15 thousand people, whereas during the previous five weeks of outflow it amounted to 36 thousand people in total.
According to the Polish Ministry, the weekly flow from Ukraine to Poland increased from 153 thousand people to 184 thousand, while the return flow from Poland to Ukraine – from 149 thousand to 199 thousand people.
As a whole from the beginning of the war 8,638 million people arrived in Poland from the Ukraine, whereas in the opposite direction there were 6,814 million people.
According to the State Border Service of Ukraine, the number of cars crossed the western border of Ukraine increased from 127 thousand to 139 thousand, whereas the number of vehicles with humanitarian cargoes reduced from 643 to 593.
The agency warned that queues had increased in recent days, especially at the Polish border, due to the growth of passenger traffic and bad weather conditions.
As reported, since May 10, the flow to enter Ukraine through its western border every day almost a month exceeded the flow to leave. The net inflow during this time amounted to 188 thousand people. In subsequent weeks there was no such unambiguous trend, except for the week of the new academic year, when net inflow was a record 47 thousand people.
In general, statistics showed a gradual return of Ukrainians to their homes: the net influx for the period from May 10 to September 23 was 409 thousand people.
For the first time since May 10, the number of those who left Ukraine in a week exceeded the number of those who entered at the end of September. At that time, the net outflow was 28 thousand people at once, and one of the possible reasons was a reaction to mobilization in Russia and “pseudo-referendums” in the occupied territories, and then the probable reason for the outflow was massive shelling of the energy infrastructure. In total, since that time, the net outflow has been 117,000 people.
According to the UNHCR data as of December 20, a total of 16.595 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (not including the flow of people into the country), of which 8.350 million left for Poland, 2.852 million for Russia (data has not been updated since October 3), Hungary – 1.930 million, Romania – 1.696 million, Slovakia – 1.024 million, Moldova – 726.7 thousand people, Belarus – 16.7 thousand.
At the same time, according to the UN data, 8.711 million people arrived in Ukraine from February 28 to December 20 (excluding Hungary, Russia and Belarus).
Passenger traffic through the western border of Ukraine, ths.
Date from Ukraine incl. Poland to Ukraine incl. Ukrainians number of cars humanitarian trucks, pcs.
23.dec 57 36 50 47 21 87
22.dec 43 25 44 41 20 90
21.Dec 46 27 42 38 20 108
20.Dec 38 22 35 31 19 58
19.Dec 35 21 39 36 18 76
18.Dec 39 23 48 44 20 84
17.Dec 43 25 44 39 21 90
16.Dec 39 24 34 30 19 118
15.Dec 37 23 34 31 19 99
14.Dec 35 20 30 27 18 55
13.Dec 31 18 30 26 18 78
12.Dec 30 19 33 31 17 69
11.Dec 32 19 34 31 16 59
10.Dec 39 24 36 32 20 165
Data: State Border Service
The number of people who entered Ukraine through its western border on April 30 rose from over 35,000 a day earlier to almost 40,000, the highest since the start of the war, the State Border Service reported on Facebook on Sunday.
According to its data, on the last day of April, a record number of vehicles passing through the border since the beginning of the war was also recorded – 19 thousand, which may be due to the expectations of closing the window for preferential import of cars into Ukraine in connection with the relevant law submitted to the Verkhovna Rada .
The exit flow on April 30 remained at the level of the previous day – 38 thousand, being less than the entry flow for the first time since April 24, the State Border Service indicated.
The agency clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo increased to 380 from 250 the day before.
The State Border Service recalled that, according to the Slovak side, from May 2, the Velke Slementse checkpoint (on the Ukrainian side – Malye Selmentsy) will operate from 09:00 to 21:00 (Kyiv time).
According to the data of the Polish border service on Twitter, on April 30, 26.8 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 23.6 thousand the day before. In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 23.5 thousand compared to 21.8 thousand a day earlier.
In total, since the beginning of the war, the Polish border agency points out, 3.076 million people entered the country from Ukraine, and 975 thousand people in the opposite direction.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 29, a total of 5.469 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding entry flow), of which 3.014 million went to Poland, 881.19 thousand to Romania and Moldova, and 656 to Russia 38 thousand, Hungary – 519.98 thousand, Slovakia – 371.92 thousand, Belarus – 25 thousand.
At the same time, according to the State Border Service, 1.29 million people have entered Ukraine by this date since February 28.
Passenger traffic on the western border of Ukraine on the day of the celebration of the Eastern rite of Easter by Christians has almost halved compared to the recent average – to 33,000, becoming the lowest since the beginning of the war, the State Border Service reported on Monday.
As the agency pointed out on Facebook, the flow to leave on Sunday, April 24, decreased to 16 thousand from 24 thousand the day before, while the flow to enter – to more than 17 thousand from 33 thousand, including Ukrainians – to more than 15 thousand from 30 thousand
Thus, for the fourth day in a row, the entry flow exceeded the exit flow: in total, over these days, according to the State Border Service, 23,000 people entered Ukraine, or 22.3% more than they left.
The agency clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo fell to 120 from 450 the day before.
According to data from the Polish Border Service on Twitter, on April 24, 11.8 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 21.1 thousand the day before. In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 9.8 thousand, which is 35% less than on April 23 (15.1 thousand), and over the first 7 hours of Monday it decreased by another 31% to 1.8 thousand.
In total, since the beginning of the war, the Polish border agency points out, 2.944 million people have entered the country from Ukraine, and 860 thousand in the opposite direction.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 24, a total of 5.23 million people left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which 2.91 million went to Poland, 843.74 thousand to Romania and Moldova. , Russia – 605.82 thousand, Hungary – 492.98 thousand, Slovakia – 355.59 thousand, Belarus – 24.48 thousand.
At the same time, according to the State Border Service, 1.17 million people have entered Ukraine by this date since February 28.
Passenger traffic from the EU countries and Moldova to enter Ukraine on April 16 for the first time since the start of the war by Russia exceeded the flow to exit, the State Border Service of Ukraine reports. The day before, for the first time since February 24, a similar fact was recorded on the Polish-Ukrainian section of the border.
According to the agency on Facebook, on April 16, a record high number of people again entered Ukraine – more than 38 thousand compared to more than 36 thousand the day before, including Ukrainians – 35 thousand compared to 32 thousand on Friday.
At the same time, the flow in the opposite direction decreased to more than 32,000 from almost 38,000 a day earlier.
The agency also clarified that over the past day, the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo increased to 500 from 420-425 in the previous two days.
According to the data of the Polish border service on Twitter, on April 16, 22 thousand entered Ukraine from the country against 25.1 thousand the day before.
In the opposite direction, the flow amounted to 19.2 thousand, which is 21% less than on April 15, and over the first 7 hours of Sunday it fell by another 22.5% to 4.2 thousand.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 15, a total of 4.84 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war (excluding the entry flow), of which Poland received 2.74 million, Romania and Moldova – 797.31 thousand, Russia – 484.73 thousand, Hungary – 454.1 thousand, Slovakia – 332.71 thousand, Belarus – 22.83 thousand.
Passenger traffic on the western section of the border on April 11 amounted to over 62 thousand, which is 8 thousand, or 11.4% less than the day before.
“Compared to the previous day, there is a decrease in the intensity of passenger traffic,” the State Border Service said on Tuesday.
The agency clarified that more than 35,000 left Ukraine against 39,000 a day earlier, and almost two-thirds of those who left came to Poland, which is in line with average values.
According to the State Border Service, the flow of people entering Ukraine on April 12 also decreased to over 27,000 from the maximum 30,000 recorded on the weekend since the beginning of the war. Including Ukrainian citizens, 24,000 entered on Monday against 27,000 on Sunday.
According to the data of the Polish border service on Twitter, on April 11, 24 thousand people entered the country from Ukraine, which is 16% less, and in the first 7 hours of Tuesday, the flow decreased by another 14%, to 5.1 thousand. In the direction of Ukraine on Monday 16.6 thousand people left against 19.4 thousand people the day before.
The State Border Service of Ukraine also reported that over the past day the number of registered vehicles with humanitarian cargo fell to 390 from 460 the day before.
According to UNHCR data, as of 13:00 on April 10, a total of 4.55 million people have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war, of which Poland received 2.62 million, Romania and Moldova – 771.32 thousand, Hungary – 424.37 thousand. , Russia – 404.42 thousand, Slovakia – 317.78 thousand, Belarus – 20.74 thousand.
