Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines will begin regular flights from two airports in Romania on June 16, the airline’s press service said on Thursday.
Starting June 16, SkyUp will begin operating flights from Bucharest International Airport (OTP) to Heraklion (Crete, Greece). Tickets will cost from EUR52 one way. Starting June 20, flights to Larnaca (Cyprus) will be added, with tickets costing from EUR53. Also, starting June 20, SkyUp will begin flights to Larnaca from another Romanian international airport, Avram Iancu (CLJ) in Cluj-Napoca. Tickets will cost from EUR57.
“As we continue to expand our presence in Europe, we are focused on building a sustainable business that meets today’s challenges and creates new opportunities for our customers and partners. Together with our strategic partner, tour operator Join UP!, we are strengthening our position in the international market by expanding our presence in promising European destinations,” said SkyUp CEO Dmytro Serokhov.
Earlier it was reported that SkyUp Airlines began operating regular flights from two airports in Poland on May 27.
In April 2025, SkyUp launched regular flights from Chisinau to the following destinations: Paris, Nice (France), Lisbon (Portugal), Barcelona, Alicante, and Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Larnaca (Cyprus), as well as Thessaloniki, Athens, and Heraklion (Greece).
The airline subsequently added three more destinations from Chisinau: in June, it will begin flights to Berlin (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), and Prague (Czech Republic).
In 2024, SkyUp increased passenger traffic by 61.6% compared to 2023, to 2.5 million passengers.
Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlinehas added three new destinations from Chisinau airport to its existing ones: starting in June, the company will operate flights to Berlin (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), and Prague (Czech Republic). SkyUp announced on Friday that the company will start operating new flights in June. On April 4, tickets for the new flights were available at a promotional price of €14.5. Promotional prices are valid from April 4 to October 1, 2025. It is possible to pay for the ticket with the passenger’s balance.
SkyUp reminded that starting from April 2025, regular flights from Chisinau to the following destinations will be launched: Paris, Nice (France), Lisbon (Portugal), Barcelona, Alicante and Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Larnaca (Cyprus), as well as Thessaloniki, Athens and Heraklion (Greece).
In 2024, SkyUp increased passenger traffic by 61.6% compared to 2023 to 2.5 million passengers.
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Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines operated 44.7% more charter flights from April 1 to October 31, a period traditionally considered the summer demand season, than in the same period last year, its press service reported on LinkedIn on Wednesday.
According to SkyUp, the number of charter flights reached 10,129 thousand, carrying 1.52 million passengers.
Under ACMI contracts, the company worked with Wizz Air, HiSky, Arkia Israeli airlines, US-Bangla Airlines Ltd. and Israir Airlines.
Flights were operated to 49 countries.
SkyUp is developing new markets in Asia, Africa, and North America. At the same time, in the summer season of 2024, Egypt was the leader in the destinations (from April 1 to October 31, 1,526 charter flights were operated), Romania (1,445) and Moldova (923), the report says.
Earlier it was reported that in January-August, SkyUp operated 27% more charter flights than in the same period last year – 2.7 thousand.
SkyUp’s website reports that the airline is ready to engage eight medium-haul Boeing 737-800 and two medium-haul Boeing 737-700 aircraft, the average age of which is 14 years, for charter flights. It is also noted that the airline’s operations in 2018 began with a charter program. Then a regular program was launched, and until the outbreak of a full-scale war, the airline successfully developed on a hybrid model. SkyUp cooperated with the largest tour operators in Ukraine and operated year-round charter programs for them. The carrier’s strategic partner is the JoinUP brand!
The company is authorized by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to operate flights to the European Union and has the right to operate commercial flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In June 2022, SkyUp Airlines received an operating permit from Switzerland.
In January-August, Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines operated 27% more charter flights than in the same period last year – 2.7 thousand, its press service reported on Linkedin on Wednesday.
For comparison, a total of 3.27 thousand charter flights were operated in 2023.
The number of passengers transported by the company on charter flights for 8 months of the year increased by 45% compared to the same period to 446.82 thousand. In 2023, SkyUp carried 511.59 thousand passengers on charter flights.
The number of destinations served by charter flights increased from 151 in 2023 to 190 this year.
In addition, this summer, the company significantly expanded the number of partners for whom it operated charters – there were 75% more of them than last year. SkyUp cooperated with tour operators from Romania, Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Armenia, Germany, and Turkey, the statement said.
“SkyUp Airlines is grateful to our partners for their trust and for choosing our airline again and again,” the statement quotes Larysa Fedun, head of the company’s charter department.
According to SkyUp’s website, the airline is ready to use eight medium-haul Boeing 737-800 and two medium-haul Boeing 737-700 aircraft, the average age of which is 14 years. All aircraft are powered by modern and reliable CFM56 engines. The Boeing 737-800 Next Generation has an improved Sky Interior design with LED cabin lighting and more comfortable and spacious luggage racks. Multi-colored cabin lighting, which is selected depending on the phase of the flight, creates a cozy atmosphere and allows passengers to better tolerate long flights. Some of the aircraft have been re-equipped with Geven seats, and it is planned to install them on all of the company’s aircraft.
It is also noted that the airline’s operations in 2018 began with a charter program. After that, a regular program was launched and the airline was successfully developing on a hybrid model until the outbreak of a full-scale war. SkyUp cooperated with the largest tour operators in Ukraine and operated year-round charter programs for them. The carrier’s strategic partner is the JoinUP brand!
The company is authorized by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to operate flights to the European Union and has the right to operate commercial flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In June 2022, SkyUp Airlines received an operating permit from Switzerland.
In 2023, Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines increased the number of passengers carried by 24% compared to 2022, to 1.546 million.
According to the official website of SkyUp Airlines, the airline also operated 10,528 flights to 53 countries on 664 routes, which is 36% more than in 2022.
The largest number of flights were operated by SkyUp Airlines to/from Chisinau Airport – 2 thousand flights, Egypt – 1.685 thousand, Turkey – 1.219 thousand, Tunisia – 675 flights, Romania – 556 flights, the report says.
It is noted that in 2023, the airline cooperated under ACMI contracts with Tunisair, FlyOne, HiSky SRL, HiSky Europe SRL, Wizz Air Malta, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, Corendon Dutch, Tailwind Airlines, and FlyEgypt.
“After a turbulent 2022, 2023 was a year of stabilization for the airline. We significantly increased the volume of ACMI contracts and became one of the 20 most popular airlines in Europe. These results allowed us to retain a team of professionals, which is now actually the key to the future recovery of Ukrainian civil aviation,” SkyUp CEO Dmytro Seroukhov said in a statement.
He assured that in 2024, the airline will continue to strengthen its position in the ACMI and charter markets, and expressed hope for Ukraine’s soonest victory and the resumption of flights in Ukrainian airspace.
SkyUp reported that in 2023 it retained a team of 1,139 professionals and paid almost UAH 200 million in taxes to the state.
In November and December 2023, SkyUp Airlines took part in a highly complex operation to rescue Ukrainian citizens from the Gaza Strip. We managed to evacuate about 200 Ukrainians. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked SkyUp Airlines for its assistance in the evacuation of Ukrainians from the Gaza Strip, the statement said.
It is also said that SkyUp is working to improve processes and introduce modern technologies: in 2023, the company signed an agreement with IBS Software to implement solutions that will modernize distribution, increase revenues, and improve service systems.
In addition, the airline is implementing an aviation security risk management system from Osprey Flight Solutions. The airline has trained staff and launched the software, the statement said. It is noted that thanks to adapted data collection, forecasting capabilities, automatic alerts and prioritization, the Osprey system continuously monitors changes, instantly adjusts risk assessments and sends appropriate notifications for further decision-making on possible changes to routes and flight schedules.
In 2023, SkyUP entered the European market by founding SkyUp MT, which received an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) certificate, and an Air Operator License (AOL). The airline’s office is located in Malta, and its fleet currently includes two Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
In 2023, the airline received permission to operate in the United States of America – a foreign air carrier certificate FAR129. In addition, SkyUp can operate in Canada. The FAOC certificate allows the Ukrainian airline to provide ACMI services and operate charter flights from other countries to Canada.
SkyUp has been operating commercial flights under ACMI contracts since mid-April 2022. As of June 2023, according to the ACMI Contract Monitor report by ch-aviation, the carrier was ranked among the top 15 ACMI service providers and among the airlines with the largest ACMI contracts.
Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines evacuated its last plane from Boryspil airport to Iasi, Romania, profile publication avianews reported.
“I can only point out one thing – the flight was made in the interests of the state,” the company’s general director Dmitry Seroukhov confirmed to Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Wednesday.
According to Flightradar24 resource, on April 4, the pilots of Boeing 737-800 SkyUp with UR-SQP registration turned on the aircraft transmitter in the sky near Chernivtsi, the aircraft was en route from Boryspil airport to Iasi, Romania, where it landed at 20:06.
Avianews claims that at night during the full-scale invasion of Russia, pilots tried to evacuate the plane to Chisinau, but air traffic controllers ordered to return to the airport because the sky was closed to civil planes.
According to the profile publication, this is currently the third successful evacuation of passenger aircraft from airports in Ukraine since the large-scale Russian invasion: April 2, 2022 “Rosa Vetrov” evacuated from Lviv aircraft ATR-72, and September 13 also from Lviv could evacuate their Airbus A320 low-cost carrier Wizz Air.
In addition the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on the evacuation of two A400Ms from Boryspil by Turkey in December.
The former head of UIA Yevhen Dyhne reported that the airline had 12 planes “stuck” in Boryspil and another one in Odessa, while Wizz Air had three planes still remaining at Kiev (Zhulyany) airport.
