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SkyEurope
IATA NE	ICAO ESK	Callsign RELAX
Founded		2001
Hubs		M. R. Štefánik Airport (Bratislava) Ruzyně International Airport Vienna International Airport
Fleet size		15
Destinations		40
Headquarters		Bratislava, Slovakia
Key people		Jason Bitter (CEO) and Nick Manoudakis (CFO)
Website: http://www.skyeurope.com

SkyEurope Airlines is a low-cost airline with its main base at M. R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, and other bases in Prague and Vienna.

With bases in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia plus the two existing bases in Hungary and Poland, it was the first multi-based airline in Central Europe. The airline operates short-haul scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

The airline was established in November 2001 and started operations on 13th February 2002 (domestic flight Bratislava-Kosice operated with 30 seat turboprop Embraer 120 ER Brasilia). It was founded by Alain Skowronek (Chairman) and Christian Mandl (Chief Executive) financed by EBRD, ABN-Amro and EU funds. The airline employs around 850 people. On 27 September 2005, the airline went public on the Vienna and Warsaw stock exchanges. The Initial public offering price was 6 EUR, valuing the company at 120 million euro.^[1]

Main article: SkyEurope destinations

SkyEurope operates a total of 99 routes to 40 destinations in 19 countries, making it Central Europe's largest low-cost airline.

Bratislava Airport is located within a one-hour drive of Vienna, Brno and Győr, covering a catchment area of four countries (Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia). SkyEurope operates a bus shuttle from Bratislava Airport to Vienna, 50 km away.

The airline announced in December 2006 that it would open a base at Vienna International Airport in March 2007, placing two brand new 737-700s operating sixteen routes. Already 20 percent of passengers departing and arriving from Bratislava are Austrians and on certain routes, Austrians account for over 50 percent of the share. In June 2007, the airline announced plans to add 4 more Boeing 737-700 aircraft to its Vienna hub in October 2007.

On August 31, 2007, the airline announced that as of October 2007, it will close its hubs in Krakow and Budapest, thus reallocating its aircraft to the hubs in Prague and Vienna. SkyEurope will continue to fly to Krakow from Vienna, but all flights to Budapest ended on October 28, 2007.

In 2008 a service to Tel Aviv should be announced[1].

The SkyEurope fleet includes the following aircraft (as of September 2007) ^[2]

• 14 Boeing 737-700 (32 altogether on order) with an average fleet age of 0.8 years (in October 2007)^[3], SkyEurope has the youngest airline fleet in Europe.

SkyEurope placed an order in 2005 for up to 32 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft (of which 16 are subject to purchase rights) to be delivered between 2006 and 2009, valued at US$1.76 billion at list prices. The 12 first aircraft will be financed and leased to SkyEurope by GECAS.

• Official website
• Fleet

1. ^ IPO of SkyEurope Holding on the Vienna Stock Exchange
2. ^ http://www2.skyeurope.com/EN/Default.aspx?CatID=44
3. ^ SkyEurope Fleet age

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