SkyUp, Ukraine’s discount airline, lost more than $30 million in the first half of this year

SkyUp, Ukraine’s discount airline, lost more than $30 million in the first half of this year, the airline tells Interfax-Ukraine. During the first half of this year, SkyUp’s passenger count fell 15% yoy, to 568,900 passengers. It also laid off 10% of its staff. The airline reports flights on his domestic routes average 62% full. Charging $18-28 for a one-way ticket, SkyUp serves Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Lviv, Odesa, and Zaporizhia. Its international flights — to Tirana, Albania and to Burgas, Bulgaria — are 100% full.