Ukrainian airlines increased the number of air traffic in Europe in May 2024
In May 2024, despite the ongoing hostilities and the closure of Ukraine’s airspace, three Ukrainian airlines were actively operating abroad.
Currently, air transportation is not possible in Ukraine, and because of this, the entire civil aviation industry has come to a complete standstill. However, some airlines have oriented themselves and moved almost their entire fleet abroad, along with most of their airline staff, where they operate charter flights.
SkyUp
Currently, the largest Ukrainian airline SkyUp uses seven Boeing 737s for international flights. In particular:
- Two Boeing 737-700s with registrations UR-SQD and UR-SQE are based in Chisinau and operate flights for Flyone (UR-SQD) and HiSky (UR-SQG).
- Three Boeing 737-800s (UR-SQB, UR-SQF and UR-SQO) operate from different locations – UR-SQB and UR-SQF are based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and UR-SQO in Egypt for FlyEgypt.
- The other two Boeing 737-800s (UR-SQC and UR-SQG) fly under the code of SkyUp MT, the company’s Maltese subsidiary, operating flights between European cities and resort areas.
“Rose of the Winds”
After UIA stopped its flights, Rosa Vetrov Airlines received several aircraft:
- Embraer E190 with UR-EMA registration, which is currently based in Montenegro and operates flights for Air Montenegro.
- Boeing 737-800 with registration UR-PSF and Boeing 737-900ER with registration UR-PSI, both based in Chisinau, operate flights for Flyone.
Skyline Express
Renamed after the former Azur Air Ukraine, the company uses Boeing 757-300s with UR-SLB and UR-SLE registrations for charter flights from Poland and the Baltic States. A Boeing 737-900ER with UR-SLW registration was added to the fleet, which is also used for vacation transportation of European tourists.
These measures help to preserve jobs and provide services while the domestic market has declined. But, unfortunately, civil aviation in Ukraine is declining even more with every day of the war, and it is not known whether it will ever be able to recover.
