Hospodářské Noviny, June 23 2009.

SkyEurope going for bust

Published on 23 June 2009
Hospodářské Noviny, June 23 2009.

Faced with six months of rocketing debt, Slovakian airline SkyEurope has gone into receivership. The low-cost airline, which a tribunal in Bratislava has given 3 months to get back on its feet, "is going for bust, or risks bankruptcy" headlines Hospodářské Noviny. June 22, its financial problems affected passengers for the first time, when Paris Orly airport authorities seized one of its Boeings. With summer just beginning, "a key period in terms of revenue...passenger confidence is essential for SkyEurope", the Czech business daily perceives.

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