Slovak Airlines ceased scheduled ops

TBSC · Post by **TBSC** » 31 Jan 2007, 23:17

Slovak Airlines Terminates Scheduled Service

Slovakian carrier Slovak Airlines terminated all scheduled service on Tuesday after Austrian Airlines Group (AAG) - a 63-percent majority shareholder in Slovak - declined to offer any more financial support to keep it solvent.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... 9c93229d6&

It means the end of their BTS-BRU route.
http://www.slovakairlines.sk/corpus/byid/2135.csp

Post by **sn26567** » 01 Feb 2007, 20:26

Not very good news. The end of an airline is always a pity. One destination lost in BRU is also bad news.

Could SkyEurope take over some of the routes?

summersso · Post by **summersso** » 01 Feb 2007, 23:25

sn26567 wrote:Could SkyEurope take over some of the routes?

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they were only flying to/from Brussels and Moscow in the end. And it appears they had a habit of cancelling flights to Brussels quite often...

SkyEurope's opening of its Vienna base and summer expansion at Bratislava should minimise the impact of the loss of Slovak Airlines.

On a tangent, I think flights to Moscow from Central Europe would be a great idea, currently very few connections. I know LOT and Centralwings were negotiating/discussing with Krakow airport, Krakow and Moscow city authorities, the possibility of opening a low-cost connection on Centralwings between the two cities... I'd love to see that happen.

JAFflyer · Post by **JAFflyer** » 02 Feb 2007, 00:03

Low cost and Brussels Airport don't really match I'm afraid...
Fares are quite low, until you get to the famous "taxes" box on your booking

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