By KYIV. May 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines has opened a company in Malta and received the appropriate certificates, which in the future will allow opening regular flights in Europe, and effectively implementing wet leasing contracts.
“SkyUp MT airline has received an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization certificate (CAMO), and an Air Operator License (AOL). The airline’s office is located in Malta, which is one of the countries of the European Union. This allows the air carrier to effectively fulfill contracts on the terms of the wet license, and in the future to open regular flights from Europe,” the press service of the airline said on Friday.
Obtaining an AOC certificate and an AOL license is an important move for SkyUp MT to operate in Europe fully, the airline said.
SkyUp MT has registered the first aircraft in Malta. This is Boeing 737-800, which has received the registration mark 9H-SAU, a 2011-built aircraft with a 189-seat cabin. At the request of the airline, modern comfortable Geven seats were installed. In addition, the aircraft is equipped with winglets that help save fuel.
By the end of 2023, SkyUp MT plans to receive more aircraft. These aircraft will no longer be from the fleet of Ukrainian SkyUp but will arrive under new contracts.
“SkyUp brand with Ukrainian DNA is international now. We are one of the first to do so in the history of Ukrainian aviation. For us, this means opening up new opportunities and scaling the business,” the press service of SkyUp Airlines quoted co-owner Oleksandr Alba.
He also said that the first aircraft in the fleet of the Maltese airline SkyUp MT is the plane with the inscription The Power of Freedom, made in partnership with the UNITED24 fundraising platform. As the plane will operate on European flights, it will attract more attention to supporting Ukraine.
Earlier it was reported that SkyUp Airlines evacuated the last plane from Boryspil airport to Iasi (Romania).
