The Ukrainian low-cost airline Skyup has been able to stay in the air through wet lease orders in the EU and other regions since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. A subsidiary has been set up in Malta and this is exactly the company that now sources wet lease aircraft.

Skyup was once a low-cost airline that operated within Ukraine but also internationally. There were numerous for 2022 new routes to the D-A-CH region announced, However, nothing came of the expansion because in February 2022 the Russian Federation thought it would have to attack its neighboring state. Ukraine's airspace is still closed to civilian aircraft for security reasons.

Not all Ukrainian carriers managed to get their aircraft out of the country in time and beyond Be able to land ACMI and charter orders. Ukraine International even had to file for bankruptcy because after a few flight orders, almost nothing could keep up. Skyup was aware that as a non-EU carrier it was only allowed to fulfill ACMI and wet lease orders within the EU based on special permits. Therefore it was founded in Malta the offshoot Skyup MT.

We are a long way from the first announcements that a major low-cost airline would be launched. The aviation company mainly carries out charter and wet lease orders. For example, they are currently flying on behalf of Flyone, which is based in the Republic of Moldova. There are currently no signs that the announced scheduled flights on our own account could be realized in the foreseeable future.

According to a report from CH-Aviation.com, Skyup MT will wet lease two Airbus A5s from Fly5Sky between April 2024th and November 320th, 2. These are the LZ-MDI and the LZ-FSD, which are to be used for Skyup MT on routes from Egypt towards Europe. Skyup MT flies for both the company's own tour operator Join Up and other tour operators. The jets mentioned are to be stationed in Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada.