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Sep 30, 2019 (newstodate): After a court ruling, the Ukrainian carrier SkyUP has survived attempts to revoke its AOC.
In May 2019, a local court ruled to suspend the carrier's licence to operate passenger flights for alleged safety breaches, flight delays and poor passenger services.
The move was broadly seen as an attempt to curb competition in the Ukrainian aviation market, and the verdict has now been reversed by a court in Kiev, freeing the airline of the charges.
The carrier landed its AOC on May 16, 2018, and was granted TCO status from EASA in November 2018.
Plans are to grow the fleet to 10 aircraft in 2019, 12 in 2020, 14 in 2021 and up to 18 in 2022.
SkyUp is fully owned by Ukrainian capital, with 50 percent of the stake held by the two owners behind the country's leading tour operator JoinUp, Tatiana and Yuri Alba.
In May 2019, a local court ruled to suspend the carrier's licence to operate passenger flights for alleged safety breaches, flight delays and poor passenger services.
The move was broadly seen as an attempt to curb competition in the Ukrainian aviation market, and the verdict has now been reversed by a court in Kiev, freeing the airline of the charges.
The carrier landed its AOC on May 16, 2018, and was granted TCO status from EASA in November 2018.
Plans are to grow the fleet to 10 aircraft in 2019, 12 in 2020, 14 in 2021 and up to 18 in 2022.
SkyUp is fully owned by Ukrainian capital, with 50 percent of the stake held by the two owners behind the country's leading tour operator JoinUp, Tatiana and Yuri Alba.