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On 22 June 2009, the airline announced it had been granted creditor protection while it restructured its debts. However, this did not protect the airline from announcing bankruptcy on 31 August 2009 and cancelling all flights immediately
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SkyEurope was established in November 2001 and started operations on 13 February 2002 (domestic flight Bratislava-Kosice operated with 30 seat turboprop Embraer 120 ER Brasília). It was founded by Alain Skowronek (Chairman) and Christian Mandl (Chief Executive) and financed by EBRD, ABN AMRO and EU funds. Although some criticized the decision to base an airline in Bratislava, Mandl saw the effect that the low-cost carriers were having in Western Europe and envisioned it going a step further with a low-cost carrier in a low cost country. Mandl and Skowronek were aware of the catchment area of Bratislava Airport with the airport being located within a one-hour drive of Vienna, Brno and Győr and a catchment area of four countries (Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia).
A SkyEurope Boeing 737-500 tail (2006)
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| Founded | November 2001 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 13 February 2002 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1 September 2009 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Bratislava Airport Ruzyně Airport Vienna International Airport |
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| Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
| Destinations | 30 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia | ||||||
| Key people | Nick Manoudakis (acting CEO) & Jason Bitter (ex-CEO) | ||||||
| Website | https://skyeurope.es | ||||||
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SkyEurope operated 44 routes to 30 destinations in 17 countries. On 29 January 2009, MFD reported the airline cancelled hundreds of already booked flights from Prague
Aircraft Inventory SkyEurope Airlines.
The SkyEurope fleet consisted of the following aircraft at that time of closure (as of 1 September 2009):
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 7 | 0 | 3 were leased from Air Slovakia 2 were stored at BUD |
| Boeing 737-500 | 2 | 0 | Two were dry-leased from Avia Asset Management |
| Boeing 737-700 | 4 | 10 | 1 was seized at ORY |
| Total | 13 | 10 |
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In 2006, SkyEurope announced it would cut ticket prices to minus 10 koruna, claiming to become the first airline that pays people for flying with it. The advertised negative price did not include fees charged to the passenger
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SkyEurope Airlines was a low-cost airline headquartered in Bratislava, main base Slovakia
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner Embraer.
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