As soon as Ukraine allows airlines to return to flights, we will be the first – SkyUp General Director

What is it like to be a Ukrainian airline in Europe? Dmytro Seroukhov, General Director at SkyUp, shares insights and stories from the life of the carrier, and tells about the further plans of returning to Ukraine and growing business abroad in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine News Agency.

- SkyUp Airlines received a certificate of a foreign air carrier FAR129, which allows it to carry out operational activities in the US market. It also received a FAOC certificate, which allows it to perform charter flights and provide ACMI services in the airspace of Canada. What attracted you to the markets of these countries? How do you plan to develop there?

-  We receive all these certificates not to put them on the shelf, but to be able to work. The certificates we received allow us to fly to the US. America and a number of other countries are regulated by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). Canada requires a different certificate, which we received on September 27th. This is a big victory for us. Although, this is not just a victory, it is a huge work... and the certification is the result of this work. With these American and Canadian certificates, we can fly to these countries (USA and Canada) and we can fly from these countries. You know how we operate after a full-scale invasion, right?

- Yes, I know that you continue to work under ACMI contracts in Europe... And besides, you opened an airline in Malta, which greatly strengthened your position in the EU…

- Indeed, we fulfil many orders under ACMI contracts. These certifications, American and Canadian, enable us to be present on the ACMI market in these countries as well. And this is very good, because in these countries the season is not only summer but also a