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May 25, 2023 (newstodate): This month, the Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines rounded its first five years in the air.
   The carrier presented itself at a press conference on December 14, 2017, announcing the start of charter flight operations in 2018 with two Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
   SkyUp obtained its AOC on May 16, 2018, and already on May 19, SkyUp was in the air with its first Boeing 737-800 aircraft on a commercial flight.
   Since then, SkyUp Airlines has operated 41,978 flights on 551 routes; but in 2020 the coronavirus truck.
   In March 2020, seven passenger planes were converted for cargo transportation due to the ban on commercial passenger flights and for the purpose of delivering medical equipment to Ukraine.  
   Later, when the situation turned more stable, SkyUp continued to develop all-cargo flights, and from April 2020 to the end of 2021 the company transported a total of 2,411 tonnes of cargo.
   Russia's war on Ukraine turned another challenging page for SkyUp Airlines; but even before the onslaught, the carrier had parked its aircraft outside Ukraine and was able to restart operations.
   Since February 24, 2022, and in the first four months of 2023, SkyUp Airlines has thus performed 7,076 ACMI flights and 819 charter flights cooperating with 15 airlines including Air Albania, AIR MOLDOVA, Corendon, Corendon Europe, ETF AIRWAYS, FLY ONE, Freebird Airlines, Marabu, Smartwings, SunAir, Tailwind, Tunisair, WizzAir Abu Dhabi, WizzAir Hungary, and WizzAir Malta.
   After February 24, 2022, 1,148,412 passengers have thus been carried on flights by SkyUp Airlines aircraft.
   SkyUp Airlines has also now set up a new carrier, SkyUp MT with an own Maltese AOC granting it with full access to charter and ACMI operations across the EU. The first operation was performed on May 9, 2023, serving the Estonian/German carrier Malibu  
   10 out of 12 aircraft in the fleet are now in the air: one aircraft is placed with the carrier's Maltese subsidiary, while two aircraft have been grounded in Khartoum Airport; one is reportedly badly damaged, while the condition of the second aircraft is still not verified.