Ehemalige Fluggesellschaft (Slowakei) - Skyeurope, Slovak Airlines, Air Slovakia, Seagle Air (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: SkyEurope Airlines was a low-cost airline headquartered in Bratislava, with its main base at M. R. tefanik Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, and another base in Prague. The carrier filed for bankruptcy on 31 August 2009 and suspended all flights on 1 September 2009. With bases in Slovakia, Austria, and Czech Republic, it was the first multi-based airline in Central Europe. The airline operated short-haul scheduled and charter passenger services. According to a survey by Skytrax Research of London between August 2007 and July 2008, SkyEurope was the best low-cost airline in Eastern Europe and 3rd best low-cost airline in Europe. 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. Because of debt, it is doubtful whether passengers will get any compensation. A SkyEurope Boeing 737-700 takes off from Birmingham International Airport, England. (2009)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 Brasilia). 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 Gy r and a catchment area of four countries: (Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia). On 27 September 2005, the airline went public on the Vienna and Warsaw stock ...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de